I am on this holiday on the 11th August and would love to hear from anyone else going then. I will be staying at Gatwick the night before (very unwillingly but seeing as I live in a very remote part of England, I have no choice - I never knew that Manchester was so remote that there are no direct flights and no connections to Gatwick!!) and travelling down by train.
I am going to sound like very grumpy person (which I am not!!) as I also have a complaint about the shortage of rooms with a lake view in the hotel, I booked months ago and was told that all the lake view rooms had gone - find that very hard to believe as the picture of the hotel shows loads of lake view rooms and Just You/Travelsphere have all the rooms that week according to the owner of the hotel.
Still, it looks like a lovely holiday and I am looking forward to it - just wish I did not have to trek to Gatwick by train!!!!