Last minute off season, low price, short breaks available in Scotland

You get the best self catering rates at the moment. In January many fine properties offer short breaks at less than £8 per head per night. That is fantastic value, B+Bs are three times that.

And the scenery is breathtakingly beautiful. This is the Pap of Glencoe. The famous massacre took place on February 14th on a very cold day, at 5am in 1692. Before Scotland was joined officially to England this was.

The people in the Glen were driven out of their beds by the Argyll soldiers, and they fled over the hills in the dark and cold to where our cottage is situated near Duror, in Stewart country.

39 of them were killed, or died in the snow. But most of the soldiers, far from killing them as ordered, made sure they got away. They fired warning shots and gave the alarm, even though it meant death for the soldiers if they were caught doing it. The commander of the attack was not given his orders until midnight, so they were unprepared for the atrocity they had to commit.

People say, even to-day, that it was a Campbell inspired massacre, but the facts tell us that it was a government plot. It was engineered in Edinburgh to get rid of the troublesome clans, and signed off by William, King of England, though he denied it later when the protests broke out. Ever the same with politics isn't it?

The connection with the Pap is that legend has it that a lone piper escaped to the top of the Pap, and sounded a lament on the pipes. This told the Camerons and Mackenzies and Stewarts that a great disaster had occurred. Many MacDonalds were taken in by these other clans.

Wouldn't you like to have a break from this credit crunch talk, and have some time off in this most peaceful place, well, peaceful to-day at any rate?

If you look at the link below my name you'll find about ten other properties, apart from ours, all over Scotland, and they are all offering you a warm and peaceful welcome to Scotland.

John
ps You will never get any house accommodation at as low a cost as this, it is the finest value for money, absolutely the finest.


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Cottage for Two weeks in September, Glencoe, Off season rates

This was Loch Arkaig yesterday.
From our cottage you pop up the road to Fort William, turn left, then right at Banavie, a short way along the Caledonian Canal, turn left and you are there.

In Dreamland.

Isn't it stunning? No one else there. No traffic. Nirvana.

Two weeks available still for September in the Cottage.

Weeks commencing 13th September and the following week the 20th September are available at our little lochside cottage. We sleep four, fully re-furbished, all mod cons. It is a lovely spot. £395 for the week which is 20% off the full rate.

See the details at
Our lochside cottage near Glencoe and Appin

Here are some of the pages from our website.
Availability for the lochside cottage near Glencoe always up to date
Take a break in the Autumn at the lochside cottage
There are 20 brilliant walks around the cottage area
The details of the cottage near Glencoe, in Appin
Prices in the cottage including low season rates
How to walk and navigate the Glencoe mountains
The local history of the area
Weather and temperatures in Scotland
All in one page, the best ways of tracing your Scottish ancestors
Over 20 totally different walks in this area
Winter skiing in Glencoe and at Fort William Glen Nevis
Scottish mountain navigation Winter and Summer
Tourist information glencoe and ballachulish
Facilities for visitors to glencoe, appin and lochaber
Easy munro hill walks
Most people can just walk up Ben Nevis
This guide helps you to find your ideal Scottish holiday cottage +
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Short November self catering breaks Scotland, special prices

All over Scotland, the season for short breaks begins about now.

After the summer bookings have fallen away then some very special prices are offered, down to as low as £7 per person per night and this site shows some truly excellent properties around the country. You can see some of the best rates here
last minute, self catering holiday breaks scotland This site shows you about twelve owners who have got together to make these special get-away-from-it-all holiday offers.

November is a good month for those who want peace and quiet and this is the month usually when property owners will break down their weeks into shorter periods.

Just a weekend away in glorious countryside, with no hurry, little traffic on the roads - that for some is ideal.

This property offers a Friday to Monday break or a Monday to Friday break at £199 in a lovely small lochside cottage near Glencoe. Short Breaks Glencoe Plent of things to do, even in November. The colours are wonderful.

John

About this blog, self catering, last minute and offers

Scotland in the low season is cosy and offers low cost holiday breaks. Roads are free of traffic. The cottages are warm. The people are friendly. The prices can be as low as £10per head per night if the property is full, because the best owners want to keep their properties occupied. Scotland can be unbelievably lovely in the off season. For a short break away-from-it-all you can't do better.

Last minute breaks in the high season
When the schools are on holiday, properties are usually full, but you can sometimes find occasional weeks at the last minute. Sometimes a cancellation makes a property available, sometimes there is a week's gap in the bookings. If you search you'll find somewhere. Better to book early, of course, but come just the same.

John