Ardeonaig AirBnB

Our very first AirBnB in the Scottish highlands was located along the shores of Loch Tay, about 70 miles North of Edinburgh.
We are meeting my sister and her family there, so this location was picked for its ability to accommodate unto 8 people.
Access was a 7 mile drive along a single track road with turnouts to allow ongoing traffic to pass.

This place is spectacular! Sitting on about 3 acres, with a patio and hot tub and amazing views of the Loch. The place features 4 bedrooms, each with a modern bathroom, a large kitchen, dining area and living room, all open plan.

This place has a considerable sized lawn and one morning we saw this little mower going back and forth. It is similar to a Roomba (vacuum cleaner), but for lawns. It has a docking station it automatically returns to when the batteries need recharging. It randomly wanders around the lawn, turning when it encounters an object. Pretty cool, and it seemed to do a decent job.

Loch Tay

Another reason to pick this AirBnB was it location along Loch Tay. My mother, who was Scottish, can trace her lineage back to the Campbell on Breadalbane clan. The Earl of Breadalbane once owned and live in, Taymouth Castle, a spectacular castle that, over the centuries, has gone through several phases of ownership, including an international hotel, a nunnery and, more recently, a world renowned golf course. Sadly, when we wanted to visit, the grounds were closed to the public due to renovations, so my sister and I missed out on marveling at what our distant ancestors were about.

However, I took a picture of this castle way back in 2008 or 2009. That picture is inserted here. If you look carefully, there is a chain-link fence around the structure as it was being worked on back then too.

A final reason to pick that location was its proximity to the location where our mom and dad’s ashes are scattered. We of course wanted to visit that place again to pay our respects and reflect on the memories of our time with them. It turned out to be a lovely day (albeit cold) and a great opportunity to finally “introduce” Linda to my parents, who sadly passed before Linda and I met.
We finished the day with a lovely picnic, something my parents loved to do in the Scottish highlands.

The town of Aberfeldy

The following day we ventured off to the nearby town of Aberfeldy. Not a “famous” town by any measure, but very typical of most Scottish towns. Narrow streets, lined with bricks of granite houses, churches, stone bridges and . . . a putting green in the town center. Scotland is of course the place where golf was “invented” and you see evidence of that legacy everywhere.

We also visited the old watermill which was now a bookstore and art gallery.