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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 Scotlands 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 Kings 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
Kings House. Another 10-15 minutes south along Loch Lubnaig leads to the
regions 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 Crowns
red-coated army of Scottish occupation. And, while its 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 regions 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,
or contact us by e-mail at: info@homeatfirst.com
Learn more here about
Scotland's CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
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