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 +
26 properties

Some dates still open in these properties for April

A picture from Roman Camp in Callendar.

Look at the list of links to top properties on the left. If you fancy a short Scottish break in April or May then you'll not find better properties.

Meanwhile, we have added many new pages to the Last Minute Cottage Holiday web site. I'm putting in the links to them here. This helps you (and Google) to find them.

No Smoking self catering holiday properties Scotland

Smoking allowed in these self catering Scottish holiday properties

Pets Welcome in these Self Catering Scottish holiday properties

Pets not allowed in these self catering Scottish Holiday properties

All the facts you need about Self Catering Scotland

The facts about Scottish rain

How to find your ideal self catering property on the internet

This is a new page on our own site.

The Vikings in Scotland, the Terror, the Battles, Vikings in Glencoe

John

Lettings at Bayview 60% up on a year ago

We have been very lucky at Bayview. Our bookings off season are well up on a year ago, and we only have about 12 weeks left free until the end of September. Yes, a stroke of fortune - one couple has booked four weeks in April, coming back to their old home from the USA for a visit. Even so.

We have one short break in March available. You can see latest availability here.

last minute, late availability Glencoe, self catering cottage

I also want to put in a link here to our new page about the Vikings on Scotland's West coast. This helps Google to find the page.

The Vikings in Glencoe, the Terror, the Glencoe Battle

This might be one of the reasons our bookings are up. Over half of the entries to our website come in to the inside pages. These relate to Walks in Glencoe, the Weather, the Massacre of glencoe and so on. These folks are looking for information and I think that they also examine the cottage while they are at it.

John

Many short breaks being offered now at very low prices in Scotland

Do you want a weekend away from it all, cosied up in a warm cottage in the Scottish highlands?

Two days/three day breaks at special low prices, and available for last minute bookings. Read on.

How about a few days skiing in February - Aviemore, Nevis Range, Glencoe, why not?
Some wonderful high level walks in the rolling hills of Perthshire?
Visit Edinburgh and then have a few days off around the East of Scotland?
The South-west is all set up for visitors, good night life, lots to do and no one around to do it. Why not you?

Scotland in Winter is ubelievable. No traffic, no queues, good roads, cosy fireplaces, eating out, what a break.

The countryside is stunning, the views unbelievalbe. Sunsets? They'll take away any breath you may have left.

Try this site.

John
ps Did I mention that some of the prices can be as low as £8 per person per head per night?

Go to this web site, and try these others also

Short breaks,last minute, special offers self catering Scotland - the main site

Driving in Scotland is different

Touring Scotland by road the Right way

Touring the small Scottish Highland roads is different

Scottish weather in January, February and March

Scottish weather in April May and June

Scottish weather, misconceptions and good weather spots

Everything the Tourist needs to know about Scotland in one page

These properties participate in this short break special terms scheme

Luxury accommodation in an old mill, Perthshire

Holiday Cottages and Apartments in Largs, close to the Yacht Haven and beach on the Firth of Clyde

Cottages in a most beautiful West Coast location at Arisaig

A fine large house in Fife at Newburgh, midway between Perth and St. Andrews with a view of The River Tay

Cottages by Oban the wonderful West Coast holiday town with ferries to all the Hebridean Islands

Cottages on the Southern coast of East Neuk, in Fife in pretty mediaeval villages not far from St. Andrews

At Killin in central Perthshire, a most tranquil and beautiful spot on the North Shore of Loch Tay

Holiday cottages in Moray not far from Elgin and Forres in the fishing village of Burghhead

Three cottages, overlooking Holy Loch and Loch Long in Argyllshire. In the Loch Lomond National Park

4 bedroom villa and an apartment near the centre of Scotland's wonderful capital City Edinburgh

Dunbar is a historic town with its old harbour lying to the East of Edinburgh. Ideal for up to three people

and ours, as well,

Lochside cottage near Glencoe in the Highlands of Scotland

Winter breaks January February March in Glencoe

Spring breaks, March April May Glencoe

For visitors, you might find this other blog interesting.

Scotland how to find your ideal holiday property

Christmas and New Year Late availability Scotland self catering

Four of our properties still have some availability at Christmas and the New Year. You could be lucky.

If you click on this link to you will see the details and how to contact them.


Last minute bookings for Christmas and the New Year self catering

The most spectacular view in the entire universe! Perhaps.

Ok, there are other views in the world. But this one imprinted itself in a teenagers memory that lasted all his days.

You had to get to Mallaig by Saturday otherwise you were cooked. No ferry on Sunday. That meant you could not get to your first climb in the Cuillins before Monday afternoon.

As a lad of 17 I used to race up the Great North Road, hitching rides on lorries to try to make it before the last ferry, and I never did. Not once. But it didn't matter.

I spent all Sunday pitched in the tent above Arisaig and just kept looking at the view. Looking endlessly at the view across those golden sands and rocks. That view, looking out over the Inner Islands I've never forgotten in over fifty years.

Usually the sunsets covered the entire North West sky in a 180 degree arc the other side of those mountains I was headed for. You can see the self same sunsets from the living room at Ach na Skia.

The view has not altered for 40,000,000 years. Yes, that's the right number of zeros since the last volcanic eruption in Ardnamurchan nearby which formed this stunning landscape. You can still see the outline of the crater if you go there.

Sheila's cottage and lodges are in the most stunning area. But they offer a family playground, too, with slides and swings for the youngsters, and a playroom if it ever gets mildly damp, as it does occasionally. The croft cottage and lodges in Arisaig on Scotland's West coast

Here also is the little 9 hole Traigh golf course. You can lose your ball in the water here and not feel the least bit upset as you look out with wonder across Rhum, Eigg, Skye, you can imagine Newfoundland as the next stop once you get past the islands. Who cares about a little ball?

Here also is the most brilliant canoeing area, safe, too, from rapids, but with the occasional four foot breaking wave to add excitement. The Morar sands, world-famous, few people about, rock hopping for everyone. What a place!

Oh, and did I mention the real Monster in Loch Morar nearby? Oh yes, not like puffed up monster stories from other places, this female one is really there. Those fishing for brown trout in this freshwater loch will tell you about Morag.

I nearly forgot watching Whales and Dolphins playing around your boat as you go on a little day cruise out of the Harbour as Gillian and I did. You'll drop off parcels and post on the Small Islands, of course. This is the West Coast after all, it is what people do.

Go to Ach na Skia, you'll get a fine, warm welcome from Sheila. Off-season with no one about it is magical. The blog site for Ach na Skia with personal stories

John
Ps This is a little-known insider tip. If you want to know more about hitch-hiking up the Great North Road in days of yore, ask an expert. Such as Sheila..