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Your
activity
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Your break has been designed for you to
be a pleasurable experience from the moment you set off,
including taking the stress out of your journey!
Join the sleeper train in the evening and settle down
for a soothing sleep while you speed through the night to
Scotland. Wake up the next morning in Glasgow where a taxi
will take you to your hire car. This is arranged through
Avis and the associated carbon dioxide emissions will be
offset along with the rest of the environmental impact of
your travel and stay.
Full directions and a map ensure a painless short drive
to your accommodation. Once here, choose from the many delights
of the region, using your Discovery Information
as your guide and your hire car to get around. (See below
for information on ‘Your Destination’).
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Your own cabin for two on the Caledonian
Sleeper to Glasgow.
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Dinner and drinks available on the train.
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Early arrival and evening departure from
Glasgow ensure three full days to really explore and make
the most of your stay.
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Taxi transfers from/ to the station.
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Car hire (Group C) ensures that you really
have the freedom to explore.
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Explore Loch Lomond, the beautiful Trossachs
National park (the first in Scotland) or the World Heritage
site of New Lanark.
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Your
accommodation
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East Lochhead farmhouse and stone outbuildings
have been carefully restored to high quality, award-winning
accommodation. You will stay in one of six high delightful
cottages set around a central courtyard. For descriptions
of each cottage click
here.
The property is set within twenty-five acres of organic
farmland. Guests are encouraged to enjoy the two acres of
beautiful gardens. Your host, Janet, is an enthusiastic
and qualified cook who prepares delicious home-made meals,
often featuring East Lochhead lamb, beef and home-grown
vegetables and fruits. Janet has carefully chosen a selection
of organic wines to compliment her cooking. Vegetarian,
vegan and special diets are also catered for.
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Self-catering accommodation with added
options from Janet’s award winning breakfast and
delicious meals using only fresh local produce, often
home grown. Click here for sample menus.
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Accommodation has won a gold award
in the Green Tourism Business Scheme and was selected
as ‘Champion’ in the ‘Hospitable Climates
Initiative’ to improve energy efficiency in the
hotel and catering industry (www.hospitableclimates.co.uk).
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Large comfortable lounge/dining room
in the farmhouse with period furnishings and log burning
fire.
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Two acres of beautiful gardens, amidst
twenty-five acres of organically farmed land with highland
cattle and Jacob sheep.
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Rich local biodiversity including wintering
geese and otters in the garden, the local RSPB Nature
Reserve and Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, with a full
programme of walks through the year.
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National Cycle Route 7 Glasgow to Carlisle,
passing the front door.
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Your
destination
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Experience the cosmopolitan attractions of Glasgow, the
European City of Culture in 1990 and the UK's City of Architecture
and Design in 1999, or visit Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park
(www.clydemuirshiel.co.uk),
which offers a variety of walks and visitor centres in landscapes
ranging from coast and forests, to open moorland.
Lochwinnoch village, (www.lochwinnoch.info)
just a mile away from your accommodation, has survived as
an unspoiled village in well wooded rolling countryside.
There is an RSPB Nature Reserve close by and National Cycle
Route 7, Glasgow to Carlisle, passes your accommodation.
Also, well worth the drive, is the breathtaking New Lanark
World Heritage Site.
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Peaceful and tranquil rural location
with views of the Barr Loch.
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Close to Glasgow for the museums, art
galleries, shopping, opera, theatre, ballet, restaurants
and much more.
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Twenty-five acre organic farm and beautiful
gardens on which your accommodation is located.
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Nearby village of Lochwinnoch with good
restaurants and an excellent local pub.
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An ideal base from which to explore Burns
country, savour Loch Lomond, the Trossachs or enjoy sailing
in the Clyde estuary, as well as many other activities.
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Cycle hire and easy access to on a National
Cycle Route 7.
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Fishing in the Barr Loch.
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National Trust weaver’s cottage.
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Lochwinnoch 18 hole Golf Course.
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History dating back 3,000 years.
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Your
free Discovery Pack
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The Discovery Pack is a combination of
specially tailored Discovery Information and a
Discovery Product for you to experience during
your break and then take home to use after your break.
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Discovery Information consists
of details of the activities you have chosen and of
local area information including a description, history,
maps, places to visit, etc. click
here for more details.
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The Discovery Information is
sent to you as a website when you book so that you can
plan ahead and make the most of your stay.
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Choose which local walks or cycle rides
you would like to do from the doorstep of your accommodation.
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Choose your Discovery Product
before you travel from a selection of products specifically
tailored for you or your chosen Discovery Break.
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Example products for ‘Take the
sleeper to Scotland’ might include: A “Gift
of enlightenment” board game per couple, a ladies
matching scarf, hat and gloves hand made in the High Andes
and Himalayas or a Trees for Life diary and calendar.
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Break
itinerary |
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1 – Travel to Scotland in style by sleeper
train from London |
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2 – Arrive Glasgow a.m., pick up your
hire car and head to your accommodation |
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3 – Day free to explore |
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4 – Day free to explore; drop off hire
car and take the sleeper back to London |
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Additional
highlights |
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| Farm
buildings refurbished in an environmentally and
locally sympathetic way |
| Excellent
location, near Glasgow, in a rural location on
National Cycle Route 7 |
| Accommodation
owners are environmental champions |
| Highland cattle
and rare breed sheep |
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Tailor
made options |
| Add
breakfast, dinner or both to your self catered
break |
| Pick
your own interests from your Discovery Information
(included) |
| Choose
your own tailored Discovery Product (included) |
| Bicycle
hire |
| Call
us to discuss tailored options |
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Giving
something back |
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| We
offset carbon emissions associated
with your travel and stay |
| We
support local projects that aim to improve
the environment |
| We
provide a Take Home environmental
experience for our guests |
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