Barn provides peaceful, cosy and comfortable self catering holiday accommodation for 2 on our hill farm by Loch Awe in Argyll.
Barn is an upside down cottage with open plan living area upstairs and bedroom (zip-linked double or twin bed options) and shower room on the ground floor. Enjoying a mainly hill view and a glimpse of Loch Awe, with outside sitting and picnic areas and the shores of Loch Awe just a 5 minute walk. There is a good view of the red squirrel feeder from Barn and guests often report sightings of red deer on the hill above.
Built from a converted farm steading, Barn and Stable are semi-detached and situated next to the farmhouse.
Inclusive of gas & electricity (electric car charging is extra)
Upstairs: kitchen/diner/lounge. The kitchen is well equipped kitchen with electric hob & oven, microwave, fridge & freezer & washing machine.
Bedroom downstairs: flexible twin or super-king double bed and shower room
Tumble dryer close by which guests are welcome to use
wi-fi via Vodafone 4G
Red squirrel feeder
great view of the night sky
5 minute walk to shores of Loch Awe
Garden & Outdoors: This holiday cottage has its own garden area with picnic table close to the red squirrel feeder and stand for a disposable barbeque. A garden bench with a lovely view to Loch Awe is on a little hill close by and just a 5 minute walk takes you to the loch shore with picnic table and fire pit.
Wildlife: Red squirrels come to a feeder close to Barn and Stable and during the autumn/winter months fallen acorns on the small hill close by provide a feast for red deer.
Out & About
Guests are welcome to explore the farm and fishing permits for Loch Awe are available online.
Locally, guests enjoy the falcolnry demonstrations at Kintail Bird of Prey just 5 miles away in Eredine Village, and Cladich Farm Tours offer the chance to visit and get close to the award winning highland cattle of the Cladich Fold. For eating out along the lochside there are restaurants at Ardbrecknish House & Bar and Portsonachan Hotel.
At the head of Loch Awe, under Ben Cruachan, you will find Lochawe Village with shop & post office, St Conan's Kirk and tearoom, and the Ben Cruachan Inn. Cruachan Power Station is nearby with cafe and tours into the 'hollow mountain'. Ben Cruachan is our nearest munro (mountain over 3,000ft).
The planned town of Inveraray by the shores of Loch Fyne is nice for lunch and a wander round the town or a visit to Inveraray Castle and the old Inveraray Jail. Crarae gardens and Auchindrain Museum of Rural Life are also just a few miles from Inveraray. West Highland and Wildlife Tours offer a great chance to explore and see wildlife on the hills on Argyll Estates.
Oban is the gateway to the isles with ferries to Mull for wildlife tours, wildlife & Fingals Cave or Iona Abbey & Fingals Cave. The nearest island to Oban is Kererra where you can walk to Gylen Castle and Kererra Tea Garden. Oban is also good for distillery tours, shopping, good fish & chips and restuarants.
One of the nicest scenic drives in the aea is along Glen Orchy across Rannoch Moor and through Glen Coe on the way to Fort WIlliam/Ben Nevis (Nevis Range gondola, mountain biking and high wire circuit). If you are lucky enought to get tickets, Fort William is also where you join the Jacobite Steam Train to Mallaig.
In Taynuilt you have the Robins Nest tearoom (eat in/take away), the old pier and the old Bonawe Iron Furnace. Taynuilt also has a very good butcher, post office and grocer.
Turn left at the farm roadend will take you to Carnasserie Castle and the standing stones and rock art along Kilmartin Glen, Crinan Canal for a walk along the towpath and the cafe at Crinan Basin plus the village of Tayvallich for lunch and a wander. www.heartofargyll.com is a good source for ideas for the mid-Argyll area.
The Blarghour Farm Cottages Website has wildlife and walking ideas plus suggestions for places to explore when out & about. For walking routes around Argyll, the Walk Highlands website is a valuable resource of ideas.
For more information, availability and offers please have a look at the Blarghour Farm Cottages website or give me a call on 07765586351 - I'll be happy to help! Catriona
