Sustainable Tourism

Here at The Old Rectory St Juliot we aim to give you a luxurious stay without compromising our green credentials.

We will wash and air dry any clothes that guest may like washed during their stay - free of charge.

We produce

• Our own fruit, served fresh for breakfast, or as compote using our frozen fruit.
• So in March we serve fresh rhubarb, in June raspberries, and in August peaches.
• As many ingredients for breakfast as possible. Including tomatoes, courgettes, peppers, aubergines and potatoes.
• Our own free range hen and duck eggs.
• Flowers from the garden to perfume your bedroom.
  

We serve

• Locally caught and smoked fish.
• Bacon, sausages, and hogs pudding from our local butcher.
• Cornish Spring water from less than 3 miles away.
• Locally baked bread.
• Locally produced cheese.
• Local dairy products.
• Fair-trade products where possible.

We Reduce waste by

• Sorting all our rubbish for recycling.
• Using our wormery or compost bins for vegetable waste.
• Buying in bulk and trying not to buy products that are over packaged.

We Reuse waste by,

• Using our old carpets in the garden as weed suppressants.
• Drying eggshells are using them as slug deterrents.
• Using old newspapers into briquettes to burn on the open fires.
• Using old teabags as a mulch for camellias in the garden.

We Recycle,

• Our recycling is collected every fortnight and recycled within Cornwall.
• All our glass, plastic milk bottles, tins, aluminium foil, clothes and cardboard (or compost it).
• Unwanted household items and clothing are recycled via our local Oxfam shop.

We support local enterprise / business

• By employing local staff in the house and garden.
• By hiring local trade’s people to do building, plumbing etc.
• By purchasing our electrical items from a family firm in Bude.
• By utilising the Post Office for stamps and bill payment.
• By being members of Coast (Cornwall Sustainable Tourism).
• By applying to be graded under The Green Tourism Business Scheme.

In the garden we

• Garden organically.
• Use our ducks as slug and snail killers.
• Have created woodpiles to encourage beneficial insects.
• Are creating a wildlife pond.
• Encourage native flowers.
• We plant new trees every year to help offset our carbon emissions.
• Use peat free compost.

In the house

• All laundry is washed on site and hung out to dry in the garden, or dried over the Aga.
• We use our open fires and log burners to supplement heating when possible.
• We use energy efficient light bulbs.
• We use environmentally friendly cleaning products.

Public Transport

• We encourage guests to arrive by public transport.
• When convenient we can arrange free collection from the bus and train.

To help you enjoy the local area.

• We keep a wide selection of local maps and guides which you are welcome to borrow.
• We encourage car free days for keen walkers, and the use of local buses.
• You are welcome to borrow binoculars for seal or bird watching.
• Overnight drying facilities are available.