Comfortable, well-equipped self catering holiday cottage by Loch Awe, sleeping 5, with double, twin/zip-linked double beds and single room. Bathroom/WC and shower/WC. 

Surrounded by fields and a south facing view over Loch Awe that may be enjoyed from both the patio and the comfort of the sun lounge in this well positioned self-catering holiday cottage. Situated above a waterfall, 1 mile from the farmhouse and separated from Barr-beithe Upper by a field.

Easy to live in holiday cottage

All accommodation on ground floor

Lovely loch view

Inclusive of gas & electricity (electric car charging is metered and usage is charged)

Bedroom 1: double

Bedroom 2: twin (2 x single) or super-king double option

Bedroom 3: single

Well-equipped kitchen; electric hob, single oven/grill, dishwasher & washing machine, fridge/freezer

Open plan lounge with cosy gas stove and dining area

Sunroom with views to Loch Awe and access to the garden and patio

Shower room and separate bathroom both with toilets

Wi-fi via EE 4G

Patio with garden table and seating bench

Cot and high chair available on request

Sunsets spring, autumn and winter

Waterfall close by

3 minute walk to Loch Awe

Discounts for smaller groups of 2,3 or 4 people

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

Accessibility

There are 2 steps to the back door.  All rooms are on one level with wheelchair access and riser recliner chair, though access to the shower room is a little too narrow for wheelchairs.  The paved ramp and patio allows easy access to the garden bench and table from the sunroom in this self-catering holiday cottage.

Wildlife

If you are lucky you might catch sight of an osprey fishing in the bay below, a barn owl sunning itself in a tree close-by or a dipper flying up the waterfall, and for the smaller garden birds a nut feeder is filled (outwith summer months). Red deer come down from the higher hill to graze the green grass in the field beside Barr-beithe Lower in the cooler months.