2025 is a week old already and Christmas and Hogmanay seem like distant memories. There are reminders though – the fake tree is still sitting at the bottom of the stairs waiting to be reinterred into one of the rooms-of-doom upstairs, half a tub of cranberries sits hopefully in the fridge and will no doubt …
Bridge Building
The calm after Storm Darragh lasted a whole fortnight (with squally showers in between) before Torrisdale took another battering from 70mph winds yesterday. Apparently not strong enough for a name, this storm also did its worst and ravaged the estate, taking out several big trees in the process, some blocking the main road. Our lovely …
Storm Darragh
“We are braced for Storm Darragh to do its worst” – me, last week, before all hell broke loose in East Kintyre. We have been relatively lucky with recent named storms, escaping with just a few branches down here and there and no major disruption. That all changed with Darragh last Friday night as, what …
Winter in Kintyre
I am surprised that I am still surprised by winter bookings! We have had a flurry of November and December bookings recently and it's been lovely to chat to guests about what draws them to our remote wee corner of Scotland at this time of year. We have continued to do gin tours at the …