In a sleepy Somerset village just outside Minehead and Dunster lies a quaint cottage. That cottage is home to Nicolas Grant-St James and his family.
It's also home to 27 golden retrievers. Welcome to the Golden Retriever Experience - the blown-up-on-TikTok family-run attraction just outside of Bristol that I think everyone should go to at least once in their lives.
Run by Nicolas and his daughter, Lauren, they bought their first goldie, Bella, in 2006 - in 2008, they decided to have their first litter of puppies, became accredited breeders through The Kennel Club, and so the pack grew. I purchased tickets to the experience for my boyfriend's birthday after seeing an Instagram Reel (how Gen Z of me) on the now hugely popular, yet somewhat of a hush hush phenomenon - and I don't regret doing so.
