We enjoyed a very interesting week around Loch Lomond. Crosskeys Cottage suited us just fine, enjoyed the comfort of the wood burner. The cottage being well equipped. Alison & Craig being very helpful all the week.
Spent a very enjoyable 2 hours at the farm, (Auchindrain folk village) where time has just stood still for many decades. Eddie MacCallum the last tenant of the small farm retired on 1962, the farm and cottages are just frozen in time. Well worth a visit if that’s your interest, extremely humbling. Auchindrain is on the A83.
Good food at the Duck Bay Marina next to Cameron House. Commodore at the front of Helensburgh not too bad. An interesting drive over the mountains opposite Loch Tay, but scary very narrow roads, scenery excellent. Snow on the high hills on the Sunday.
Linda & Arthur from Norfolk
Historic Scotland (Historic Environment Scotland) offer ‘Explorer Tickets’ that enable you to visit multiple sites over a number of days to save on entry fees if visiting more than one site and also give you fast track entry for Stirling Castle and Edinburgh Castle. For more information go to: www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/explorer. Some of their historic sites have […]
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a revolutionary architect and designer and The Hill House is considered to be his domestic masterpiece. Mackintosh and his wife Margaret created almost everything, from the building itself to the furniture and textiles. More examples of his work can be seen in Glasgow.https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/the-hill-house
Located on the banks of Loch Lomond, off the A82, 5 miles north of Crosskeys. Occupation of this area dates back to medieval times, but much of the village and the neat rows of cottages were built in the 18th and 19th centuries to house workers from the nearby slate quarries and featured in the […]
