We stayed in Thai Silk for a weekend. It is literally across the road from Lake House, which was part of the attraction for us, as we were attending a dinner there. The two villas, Thai Silk and Thai Orchid, are two Ls that meet at each end around an attractive central pool with fish. There are privacy screens but I can't imagine really using the shared area unless the other villa was vacant.

The villas are panelled in dark wood with high ceilings and have lots of Thai images and furnishings - the three-corner pillows are great for lounging in front of the fire. Our villas was nicely appointed but very dark inside (would be good in summer I guess). The spa is an oval bath, quite nice but unfortunately without a window to look out of, which is a pity as the garden was stunning in autumn.

As we were flying in late at night, we organised an antipasto platter from Gourmet Larder to be in the villa on our arrival, which was very tasty although pricey. The supplied breakfast provisions for the first day, advertised elsewhere as a 'full breakfast', are cereal and orange juice. There was supposed to be bread but it was forgotten - it was provided later in the day. This is not my interpretation of a full breakfast, sadly. Usually we would bring provisions but we were flying in so this was not feasible, and I was glad we had not relied on there being eggs etc to make our own supper.

The Thai-style welcome hamper was a series of Asian-themed items in an oval dish (well-labelled so that you don't take the dish with you!) This is a cute idea but not really of practical use - realistically, what are you going to do with a large tin of lychees? I imagine most of the contents get recycled from guest to guest as they are not necessarily going to meet the tastes of many guests.

We enquired about additional wood as there was none outside the cottage, only what was in the bucket next to the fire, but none was provided. Cutting down on breakfast and wood in a competitive market like Daylesford strikes me as being stingy. Yes, we could have bought wood up at the petrol station and gone out for breakfast (except we had car trouble, so had to wait for the RACV), but when these things are promised it's disappointing, especially as the properties in this area are not cheap.

The property suited our purposes in being close to Lake House, with a spa and wood fire, but I would stay somewhere else next time.