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Category Archives: The Shepherd’s House
We’re on the telly (almost)
Buchanan, which is the parish name for the east lochside area where we live, has had a bit of exposure on TV and radio lately. Caroline Quentin did her bit to promote Loch Lomond in the first episode of Caroline … Continue reading
We’re on the telly (almost)
Buchanan, which is the parish name for the east lochside area where we live, has had a bit of exposure on TV and radio lately. Caroline Quentin did her bit to promote Loch Lomond in the first episode of Caroline … Continue reading
Travel magazine in “Loch Lomond is a great place to visit” shocker
Condé Nast Traveller has got itself very excited about Loch Lomond – in particular, the pretty island of Inchcailloch which sits on the eastern side of the loch, close to Balmaha. There are 23 islands in the loch, according to … Continue reading
Posted in Balmaha, Loch Lomond, The Shepherd's House
Tagged accommodation, B&B Loch Lomond, Condé Nast, day trip loch lomond, Inchcailloch
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Saturday night at the movies
We’ve gone a little bit goggle-eyed here at the Shepherd’s House B&B. For the first time in years, our own family holiday to the pretty Clyde island of Great Cumbrae coincided with the arrival of the Screen Machine, Britain’s only … Continue reading
Posted in Loch Lomond, The Shepherd's House
Tagged accommodation, imax, loch lomond shores, screen machine
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Snow joke!
As I write this we are under several inches of snow and it’s still falling heavily. We thought we were going to get away with it this morning when it started raining on top of last night’s snowfall, but that … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast, Loch Lomond, Our Shepherd's Hut, The Shepherd's House
Tagged accommodation, B&B, improvements, Loch Lomond, maintenance, Snow, The Shepherd's House, winter
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The nitty gritty
I’ve been pinging emails back and forth for a week now with our local council over its policy of not gritting the road to Rowardennan. We are on what they call a ‘Priority 3′ route, which means the gritter doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Loch Lomond, The Balmaha-Rowardennan Road, The Shepherd's House, The West Highland Way
Tagged accommodation, B&B Loch Lomond, gritters, Loch Lomond, stirling council, West Highland Way
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Blaeberry bonanza
Also known as bilberries, wimberries or hurtleberries … Whatever you call them, we have more around here than we know what to do with. There’s a thick carpet of bushes in the oak woods along the Sallochy stretch of the … Continue reading
Posted in Rowardennan Forest, Sallochy, The Shepherd's House, The West Highland Way
Tagged accommodation, B&B, bilberry, blaeberry, hurtleberry, smoothie recipe, West Highland Way, wimberry
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National Geographic names West Highland Way as a world-beating trek
Yep, it’s official. The West Highland Way is one of the best trail walks in the world. OK, I know – those of us who live on it, and those of you who have walked on it, already knew that. … Continue reading
Posted in The Shepherd's House, The West Highland Way
Tagged accommodation, B&B Loch Lomond, Doug Schnitzspahn, National Geographic, West Highland Way
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What a busy summer
I just looked at our blog pages and realised I haven’t added anything for weeks! There’s a good reason for that – it’s been extremely busy. We had our first inkling of what 2012 would be like when we began … Continue reading
Posted in Loch Lomond, Our Shepherd's Hut, Sallochy, The Shepherd's House, The West Highland Way
Tagged accommodation, B&B Loch Lomond, day trip loch lomond, Loch Lomond, sunshine, West Highland Way
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West Highland Way Busier!
While we hoped for a doubling of our business over last year, seeing as we now have a shepherd’s hut as well as our double room, we certainly couldn’t have hoped for things to turn out quite as well as … Continue reading
Posted in The Shepherd's House, The West Highland Way
Tagged B&B, B&B Loch Lomond, Loch Lomond, West Highland Way
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