A last Munro (Sgurr a’ Mhaoraich) blog **Guest Blog**
We had the Stocket Hillwalking Club in recently to celebrate one of their members’ last Munro. They had great weather as they headed down Loch Quoich to bag Sgurr a’ Mhaoraich, in fact, the weather was so good some of the club headed back down to the same area the next day to bag the hills next door, Gleouraich and Spidean Mialach. Looks like they all had a great time, Check out that second picture – hill bagging champagne celebrations in fine style! Check out these excellent photos taken by Stocket member and Invergarry Lodge twitter friend Nick Bramhall… Hope you all...
Read MoreHebridean Harris Holiday
We know the blog has been quiet recently, we had a rush on DIY jobs so we could get a few things out of the way before it was finally our turn to go on holiday…we managed to escape for a week to Harris in the outer Hebrides. Harris is a lovely relaxing place – almost as good as Invergarry! Our holiday mainly consisted of relaxing on beaches and eating cake (chocolate and ginger cheesecake, rocky road, Annas special chocolate cake, white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake, battenburg, tea loaf, bakewell slice, lemon tart, toffee cheesecake and a paradise slice – in that...
Read MoreAustria gets voted 2nd top holiday destination! (after Invergarry Lodge!)
Recently we were lucky enough to escape to Austria for a holiday, leaving the hostel in the very capable hands of Matt’s mum Sue. Despite having to cope with a 3,000 mile round trip along with a heatwave to boot, Alby thoroughly enjoyed discovering Europe and at the tender age of 7 months he has already ticked off France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria itself. Meanwhile Matt, Ben and I had a very enjoyable time discovering the delights of schnitzel, schnapps and schausages in the german / austrian stylee. We had some beautiful alpine walks, with more than a few...
Read MoreA Highland Hostel Holiday ***Guest Blog***
What a wonderful week spent in the highlands at the lovely Invergarry Lodge. Matt and Jen took great care of us as we sampled the highland way of life. We paddled our way around Loch Oich in their newly acquired kayaks and an attempt was made to coax the native trout to join us for tea, unfortunately without success. The sun shone as we helped Jen with the “landscaping” and helped plant the official Invergarry Lodge mini orchard, we even mounted the tandem bike for a ride through the forest. Unexpectedly we received a lesson from baby Alby in basic giggling techniques and also a...
Read MoreHostel Sitter Extraordinaire! **Guest Blog**
I don’t know, matt and jenny are off having a baby, and I’m left here in charge of the wildest dog in the west… Yes I’m the hostel sitter, dog, cat and chicken sitter for however long it may be. As I write this I’m just shy of 24 hours in charge. It’s all going well tho, my hostel guests are all lovely and looking after themselves. The hostel is nice and roomy and I’ve seen all the rooms bar one, explored all the nooks and crannies myself, and as an occasional hosteller I think it must rank as one of the best in Scotland. Its got lots of space to relax and a lovely friendly...
Read MoreLe tour de hebrides
We headed over to the Outer Hebrides for a spot of cycling this week, think we’ve (I’ve) been watching too much of the Tour De France. The sun came out and shined on us and we had a great time. We really enjoyed cycling round Barra in perfect sunshine and lunch overlooking Kisimul Castle (we can recommend the burger at the Craigard hotel). I think I won the yellow jersey – Jen is pregnant after all – she did however get the prize for most aggressive rider, do they do a prize for fastest lunch eater? They should, it was hotly contested. We also spent a bit of time...
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