Checking out our Holiday Cottage in Colvend

There was only 2 of us left to go walking today as David & Tom are in Barbados, Niall is still in Australia, and Peter is in Switzerland so John and I decided to go and check out our holiday rental in Colvend. The Last of the Summer Wine Walkers are spending a week there at the end of June (13 of us) so we headed out to see if it was as good as the brochure and website says. This is the back of it and it looks onto White Loch at Colvend just behind the public hall. The building on the extreme left is a boathouse converted into 2 bedrooms and there are 5 on suite bedrooms in the main building. 

This is Barean Loch about half a mile from the Loch the cottage is on. . 

Our walk took us through Dalbeattie Forrest for 3.5 miles and then we headed down the road into Kippford. We were fortunate it was high tide and very, very quiet. We arrived at the Anchor Hotel at 12 noon just in time for a bar lunch and we were served and back on our walk again by 12.40pm. The route through the forrest is well signposted and has lots to see.  

John in a very quiet and deserted Kippford. It wont stay this way for long and will soon be attracting visitors once the weather warms up.  

This is the quietest I have ever seen Kippford but probably the first time I have been there in January. Many of the cottages are closed up for the winter which shows now how many of them are holiday cottages.  

A lovely beech hedge and of course the view is spoiled by telephone wires. 

After leaving `Kippford we took the higher footpath to Rockcliffe and it passes what used to be Barrons Craig Hotel. This closed a few years ago, but there were people working in the grounds so I don't know if it has been bought as a private house or if it will re open as a hotel. 

Back at Colvend after a 7 mile walk we looked over a high fence to get a slightly better view of our holiday cottage. We look forward to what I am sure will be a great holiday.