Tuesday 7 December 2010


Well, winter has certainly not hit us as badly as some places. Very cold, but little snow - two days so far when the post hasn't got up. As you can imagine, the slightest fall of snow makes getting in and out of Carradale very tricky.

Anyway, just to remind you that there is still room for Christmas, though New Year is booked up. We never seem to be very busy at Christmas - people like to be in their own homes. But you do get a Christmas tree if you come!

Lots of bookings already coming in for next year. After two years of keeping prices the same we have had to put them up a wee bit but hope you still feel the cottages are good value. Talking to friends who have rented in other parts of the West coast, we are far too easy going. Pay when you leave, leave the place tidy (some cottages have a cleaning regime laid down to the last square inch of hoovering) , and of course dogs are more than welcome.

Nice new flat screen TV in Mhairi's and we'll get some for the studios as well. Friends in the village who will be nameless, still have their original 35 year old TV, but we feel you deserve better! And who knows what other little improvements we might come up with. Blinds on the studio front doors! Mike realised that some regulars actually brought a curtain along with them; we had just never thought that whizzing into the loo might cause privacy problems!

But we've still to work out how to fit them up.