19th – 26th October 2024

October 26, 2024 by Alison in

A comfortable and cosy Cottage with good access to Loch Lomond.
Balloch Castle Country Park is ides for excercising our Sproodle Ronnie.
Dumbarton Castle is worth a visit and Aberfoyle Forest Visitor Centre has an
Easy walk to a waterfall and viewpoint to watch Red Squirrels.
We visited Luss Village and cruised Loch Lomond and visited the Bird of Prey Centre.

Gina, Neil & Ronnie (Woof)

Things to do

Auchendrain Village

Auchendrain museum – just south of Inveraray

The preserved buildings from the 1700s give an authentic insight into how people lived and worked in the north and west of Scotland. You can wander freely around the houses and farm buildings furnished with everyday objects from time gone by.

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Glengoyne Distillery Killearn

Whisky distillery tour

You cannot come to Scotland without discovering the secrets of our ‘water of life’. There are many distilleries near to Crosskeys:- Glengoyne (Killearn), Deanstone (Doune), Auchentoshan (Clydebank/Glasgow), Glenturret (Crieff), Eradour (Pitlochry), Blair Athol (Pitlochry) Aberfeldy and Oban.https://trossachs.co.uk/whisky/

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The Falkirk Wheel – 12 miles south of Stirling

The World’s first and only rotating boat lift. Completed in 2002 the huge Falkirk wheel re-connects the Fourth & Clyde and Union canals after the 11 original lock gates were dismantled in the 1930’s. Also an opportunity to visit the famous Kelpieshttps://www.scottishcanals.co.uk/falkirk-wheel/

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