— KEEPERS COTTAGE —
BALQUHIDDER, CENTRAL SCOTLAND

KEEPERS COTTAGE, BALQUHIDDER, CENTRAL SCOTLAND

KEEPERS COTTAGE FLAT is a beautifully done 2-person apartment on the second floor of a historic home in Rob Roy's home village. The cottage is the historic centerpiece of the tiny village of Balquhidder and 100 yards from the church where Scotland’s hero Rob Roy MacGregor is buried. There are lovely, easy walks and more challenging hiking as well as cycling on National Route 7 just outside the cottage's front door.
      Recently redone with all new furnishings and fixtures, the cozy flat is comprised of a double bedroom with twin beds, a comfortable living/dining/kitchen (oven, microwave, range, coffeemaker, TV), and bathroom (with shower, no tub). The historic cottage has individual electric heating units in each room and an auxiliary electric fire in the living room. The private entrance is at the front of the house and the owners' entrance and living area is in the back.

HOSTS Neil and Pat Barber are welcoming and knowledgeable, and make their guests feel comfortable at the cottage and in this beautiful part of Scotland they know so well.

BALQUHIDDER has history and wonderful views, but no shops or stores, not even a pub. One must drive 5 minutes further to the King’s House restaurant and pub to find the nearest commercial establishment, and the little shops, tea rooms, restaurants, and petrol stations of the villages of Lochearnhead and Strathyre are respectively 5 minutes north and south of the King’s House. Another 10-15 minutes south along Loch Lubnaig leads to the region’s market town of Callander, which has two larger groceries, several restaurants, several other shops, including some noted woolen mills, and the tourist office for the Trossachs region of Scotland's Central Highlands, Rob Roy country.


                    BALQUHIDDER CHURCH           photo Mike Mullen

SCOTLAND'S CENTRAL HIGHLANDS are, of course, best known for their bad-boy favorite son, Rob Roy MacGregor, legendary Scottish patriot, whose infamous cattle rustling, inter-clan feuding, and Highland high jinks made him something of a Celtic Jesse James to the Crown’s red-coated army of Scottish occupation. And, while it’s impossible to know where his legend ends and historical reality begins, the Rob Roy story only adds dimension and color to the already mystical landscape of mountains, glens, lochs, heather, and gorse that make the Trossachs the beautiful southern gateway to the Scottish Highlands. Central Scotland is a great base from which the Highlands, the Trossachs, the Inner Hebrides isles, coastal lands east and west, and the great Scottish cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Inverness can be reached in a series of day trips by car. The region’s beauty, its friendly, welcoming residents, its castles, golf courses, Highlands festivals, challenging hiking, cycling, salmon fishing, and many other attractions combine to provide Central Scotland with the best of Scotland.

AVAILABILITY: For current availability information, call HOME AT FIRST at (800) 523-5842,
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Learn more here about Scotland's CENTRAL HIGHLANDS