Historic photographs of local villages

holiday cottage architectural features

Original features of holiday cottage:-
Sandstone walls.
Slate tiled roof.
Wooden floorboards (living room )
Wood panelled doors - (most rooms)
Sash windows originals kept whilst adding secondary double glazing started November 2009 Joiner and apprentice planing fanlight for double glazing

Character features:-
window seat
Organic wooden facings - bathroom - from recycled wood from our own woodland

Holiday accommodation to suit all

Covered area with chimanea

Some who have stayed at the cottage:-
http://video.stv.tv/bc/catchup-thehour-part4-20090928-1741/
Lyn Paul and the cast of blood brothers playing at the Alhambra in Dunfermline.
A masterchef finalist.
Pilot from Bournemouth.
Maltese pig farmer.
American millionaire.
Golfers.
Bagpipers.
Edinburgh festival goers.
Recording artists.
T.v. reporter.
French, Canadian, South African, Australian, New Zealand, Spanish, French, Welsh, English, Scottish, Irish, German & more.
Racing drivers at Knockhill circuit.
Most of all...lovely families!

Edinburgh bus tour

A great way to acclimatise and learn about a city

Dunfermline

http://dunfermline.info/
Dunfermline Alhambra -This week Lynn Paul of the New Seekers is performing in the
Blood Brothers. She has been interviewed for the One Show on Monday 28th September.
See t.v.Hour show link in 2 blogs above "accommodation to suit everyone"
Two of the cast have been interviewed today for local radio.
An article will also be written for a local newspaper about the crew & cast camping.
http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/whatson/alhambra/articles/2009/09/10/391688-kenwright-puts-dunfermline-on-musicals-map/

Carnegie Hall Dunfermline - Fiddlers rallies, etc.

Cinema Duloch Leisure Park - 10 screen cinema.
2 miles north of holiday cottage

South Queensferry

Historic Forth Rail bridge
We can see this from the holiday cottage window

2 companies operate boat trips on the Forth.
This one is Maid of the Forth, you can get off at Inchcolm Island, have a picnic & catch one of the sailings back when you are ready.

A lovely commentary about the sea life. Well worth a trip, we take all our visiting friends and relatives on this outing.
The other is Forth cruises which we have yet to try.

This historic pub serves real ale.
"Harviestoun" is a good one.

Lifeboat station

D.V.D. library for cottages

A selection of films are in the cottage but if there are any specifics, particularly off the following list, just ask & we'll try & reserve them for you We love films…

We’re continuing to build up a collection of films, it’s our second decade and the library is getting bigger.

At this point we’ve bought loads of old classic foreign language films, mostly with subtitles.

Also kid’s, modern classics, current films and so on.

The DVD’s are distributed between 2 cottages, but any film can be requested for your stay if you tell us in advance.
The list below is in no particular order.
And will change as the postie brings them.
Latest additions are a lot of Foreign Films.

Pickpocket… (PG) Robert Bresson France 1959
Miracle in Milan… (U) Vittorio de Sica Italian
La Terra Trema… (U) Luchino Visconti Italy 1948
L'Aventura... (PG) Antonioni 1960
Le plaisir... (PG) Max Ophuls
La Grande Illusion (U) Jean Renoir 1937
Last Year in Marieenbad (U) Alain Resnais 1956
I Vitelloni (The young Calves) (PG) Federico Fellini 1953
Au Revoir Les Enfants (12) Louis Malle
Le Quai Des Brumes (PG) Marcel Carne 1938
L'Eclisse (PG) Michelangelo Antonioni 1962
Casque D'Or (PG) Jaques Becker 1952
Jules and Jim (PG) Francois Truffaut 1966




Touch of Evil (12) Orson Welles 1958
The Outlaw (U) Howard Hughes
Masked and Anonymous (12) Larry Charles (with Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz)
Australia (12) Baz Luhrmann (Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman0
Priceless (12) Pierre Salvadori (Audrey Tautou)
Vicky Christina Barcelona (12) Woody Allen (Javier Barden, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson)

my cottage holiday reviews

Reviews for property i.d. 397.

Some of these are for the next door cottage to the one on our advert.
Also see blog post for holiday-rentals review.

These 2 photos are of the cottage next door to the main advertised one.