Comments on: Literally the middle of nowhere http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/07/29/literally-the-middle-of-nowhere/ The Revd Gareth J M Saunders' weblog Mon, 8 Sep 2008 10:40:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Gareth J M Saunders http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/07/29/literally-the-middle-of-nowhere/#comment-48335 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 08:14:42 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/07/29/literally-the-middle-of-nowhere/#comment-48335 Thanks Reg. The house sounds lovely. We used Visit Scotland when we had a holiday cottage. We got only one booking through them in nearly two years. The guests trashed the house which was absolutely no fault of Visit Scotland, just unfortunate. Thanks Reg. The house sounds lovely.

We used Visit Scotland when we had a holiday cottage.

We got only one booking through them in nearly two years. The guests trashed the house which was absolutely no fault of Visit Scotland, just unfortunate.

]]> by: Reg Vernon http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/07/29/literally-the-middle-of-nowhere/#comment-48283 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:12:55 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/07/29/literally-the-middle-of-nowhere/#comment-48283 I don't know when you posted this but I agree that Visit Scotland didn't do the owners of Braelangwell any favours. In fact, ever since Visit Scotland redesigned its website, Ronnie and Laura Strange's bookings fell drastically to a trickle. So much so that the house was advertisied for sale at £1.2 million earlier this year. Ronnie and Laura used to let a B&B in the garden of their former home in Worth Matravers, Dorset. My wife and I found it by accident one day and were entranced. When they sold up and moved to the Black Isle we were among the first guests who stayed with them. The house is a superb 8 bedroom Georgian mansion, formerly owned by the Horlicks family, and before them, the Urquharts. It is set in large grounds, containing an expanse of ancient woodland. They really know how to look after you and the rooms that they let are of superb proportions with ceilings at least 10 or twelve feet high (well, that's how I remember them - I stand to be corrected). The map was useless - as a geographer it fails miserably by not showing directions to the nearest large settlements (it should have referenced Inverness and Cromarty) and the Cromarty Firth should have been labelled. If they are still taking bookings it would be well worth your while going for a visit. I don’t know when you posted this but I agree that Visit Scotland didn’t do the owners of Braelangwell any favours. In fact, ever since Visit Scotland redesigned its website, Ronnie and Laura Strange’s bookings fell drastically to a trickle. So much so that the house was advertisied for sale at £1.2 million earlier this year.
Ronnie and Laura used to let a B&B in the garden of their former home in Worth Matravers, Dorset. My wife and I found it by accident one day and were entranced. When they sold up and moved to the Black Isle we were among the first guests who stayed with them.
The house is a superb 8 bedroom Georgian mansion, formerly owned by the Horlicks family, and before them, the Urquharts. It is set in large grounds, containing an expanse of ancient woodland. They really know how to look after you and the rooms that they let are of superb proportions with ceilings at least 10 or twelve feet high (well, that’s how I remember them - I stand to be corrected).
The map was useless - as a geographer it fails miserably by not showing directions to the nearest large settlements (it should have referenced Inverness and Cromarty) and the Cromarty Firth should have been labelled.
If they are still taking bookings it would be well worth your while going for a visit.

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