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Cosy Ex-Farm Workers Cottage
Cosy ex-farm workers cottage in lovely countryside, many interesting birds, red squirrels ( even in the garden) available for winter/spring breaks and now taking bookings for next summer . My sister lives in the adjoining cottage and has a self-contained double en suite room on a b&b basis
nb all bookings of my cottage 2023-25 were direct / repeat visitors or thro Airbnb - see recent reviews there - mostly 5* - I am no longer taking bookings there due to their political policies. No bookings on here since winter 2022 possibly as I seemed to have set a longer minimum stay on here ( now reduced to 3 nights) or due to 1 bad review? After a tile blew off the roof. Even tho it was immediately repaired. The property is old fashioned. It is a 1950s ex-farm workers cottage with metal frame windows in all but the front bedroom, and efficient central heating plus a stove keeps the place cosy. The windows do get condensation on them during the coldest months .Cottage is a cosy ex-farm workers cottage only a mile from town. It is a semi-detached 2 bedroom ( sleeps4 +small child ) property on East Lochlane Farm, with the farm buildings now over 1 mile away at West Lochlane. It is set on the low Comrie Road/Strowan Road in beautiful countryside with excellent views, 2 miles from Crieff High Street, (1 mile from the bottom of the town where there is a bus stop for buses to Dunblane and Stirling and there is the Crieff Visitor Centre) and 5 miles from the lovely village of Comrie. It is surrounded by fabulous walking country with red squirrels and plentiful bird-life in the garden and about the place including often birds of prey (Red Kite, Buzzards) Canada Geese etc seen without leaving the garden. There are various bike trails, bike hire 3 miles away at Comrie Croft, Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre (3.8 miles), opportunities for fishing (permits from Crieff Tourist Board) and golfing (courses abound), the local distillery, Drummond Castle and gardens, Innerpeffray Library and Chapel (5.5 miles), watersports on Loch Earn 12 miles away etc.
It is about 1 hour drive to Edinburgh and Glasgow (or park and ride at Dunblane or Bridge of Allan), a glorious 2-3 hours drive (especially early morning thorugh Glencoe) to Oban for ferries to the Islands or why not have lunch at the Pier House with views to the inner hebridean islands. Good stops at the famous Green Welly stop and at Ballachulish.
Also going in the other direction at Lochearnhead towards Callendar and the Trossachs (after driving up the side of the loch) Balquidder has Mhor 84 and its mother hotel at Monaichle Mhor might be worth a trip. As well as the Perth Concert Hall and Theatre there is a new museum with the stone of destiny on display.
Drummond Gardens are 2 miles away and are gorgeous in all seasons (formal, used in TV shows such as Outlander as a stand - in for Versailles - and also recently featured on Gardeners World episode 1)
Scone Palace is just outside Perth, as is Scone horse racing course. There are castles within easy reach - Stirling, Blair, Glamis etc - and of course many distilleries. Cultybraggan camp just outside Comrie has a small museum with limited hours and near to that is the Auchingarrich wildlife centre with much for the younger child to explore.
The only 2 x 2 *michelin restaurants in Scotland are within 10 miles at Glenturret Distillery (3 miles away ) and at Gleneagles hotel. There are other good restaurants in Crieff (G's, Delivino's, Craobh) Comrie (De'il's cauldron) and Coorie Inn in Comrie has fabulous new owners (previously at Gleneagles) - only 3 miles away. There is also a good pizza place (limited opening hours) in the small village of Muthill (and in 2025 a new one one in Crieff too, and new bakery and patisseries )good "chippy" in Crieff, also Gurkhas, well reviewed thai restaurant both in Crieff.
There are hills to climb, gorgeous walks locally (Lady Mary's, glenturret, glenledknock, sma glen etc) and further afield; golf courses a-plenty, cinemas in Aberfeldy by Loch Tay (another pretty drive) , MacRobert Centre Stirling, Perth of course (hourly buses from the central square in Crieff)
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