What’s a perfect day?  Well I’m sure you all have your own ideas about that, but mine came pretty close this Easter at Oystercatchers. Got up at a sensible holiday time – checked out view from bedroom window – perfect.Padded downstairs swathed in new luxurious bathsheet.  Great shower in the downstairs bathroom – hot and…

2018 may be the Chinese Year of the Dog, but here at Oystercatchers it is the Year of the Otter.  We have decided to support the International Otter Survival Fund as our charity of choice for the year.  These delightful little creatures in a way lead us to this house.  As a child I adored…

One of the great things about visiting Oystercatchers (or any of the rest of the Island of Skye to be honest) is the plethora of objects or views that are just crying out to be photographed. I still think the best view in the house is that from the upstairs bathroom.  I have taken countless…

2017 was a good year for us at Oystercatchers.  I have sadly neglected this blog in favour of posting a lot more on Facebook and Twitter and we have begun to make a foray into Instagram, but I need to chase the teenager up on that one!  Please go to Oystercatchers Cottage (@oystercatchers1422) to see some of the…

Season’s Greetings from Oystercatchers We hope you enjoyed your stay at Oystercatchers in 2016.  We are continuing to upgrade the property and to that end we have re-painted the outside, created a wood store in the garden, replaced the food processor and put in a new light fitting in the sitting room. We have improvements…

This has not been a wonderful Summer as far as the weather is concerned, but we have managed to get most of the outside of the house painted and should get the rest done before we leave at the end of next week.  Grey skies have now given way to blue and we’ve been out…

It is now exactly 2 years since we bought Oystercatchers and we are lucky enough to be here for the Sumer solstice once again.  I looked back at the photos from 2 years ago and out of the window at the 3 garden areas as they are now. Yes, we have worked hard – they…

I thought I would write a little something about the wildlife we have encountered at the Cottage (and on our way to it).  We nearly always see deer en route from Glasgow – especially in Glencoe and near the Clunie Dam. These are usually the large Red Deer and when viewed close up they are…

Well, we are a four star property, so we have been upgrading the furniture over the winter.  This has resulted in a new dining suite and other additions to the kitchen; new oak furniture in the downstairs bedroom; replaced furniture and new soft furnishings in the sitting room; and improved lighting in all downstairs rooms,…

What a mixed bag of weather we had over the October half term. We were very lucky it was a two week break for us, so we saw the best of all worlds. Drove up in a mix of fog and light – trip through Rannoch Moor, Glencoe and down to Cluny Dam was incredibly…