NikonGear'23
Travelogues => Future NG Events - and Location Reveries => Topic started by: dgpno2 on March 16, 2016, 16:00:18
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- there is wifi - I don't know how good, but it exists.
Glorious day, btw.
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I assume you are talking about Killin event ?
If so, that's a good news !
Thank's ! ;)
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Great news, thank you!
Are there towels and bed linens?
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I'll be posting a number of images later but here, briefly, is what I discovered today.
WIFI - exists but seems to be good in one lodge, less good in another, and poor in the third. But there is free wifi, all day every day, in The Bistro (their bar and restaurant).
Bedding, bedlinen - supplied
Towels - not supplied
Kitchen cleaning - supplied
Toiletries - not supplied
Toilet paper - supplied
Door keys - 2 supplied per lodge
The lodges are comfortable but not luxurious. The bedrooms are quite small and as per their website, each lodge has a double bedroom, a twin-bed room, a single room, and a 2-bunk room. On the ground floor, the living-room, kitchen and dining-area are all sort-of open-plan and there is one bedroom, a bathroom with toilet, hand-basin, bath and shower. Upstairs are all the other bedrooms, a bathroom with toilet, hand-basin and bath, and a separate toilet with a hand-basin.
They do not supply any sort of "welcome pack" but point out that it is quite common to find tea, coffee etc, left by previous residents. This cannot be relied on, however, and I'll come back to this point later.
The Bistro is open more-or-less 10am to 10pm daily. It is a bar, cafe, and restaurant and you can sit all day with a cup of coffee and hit their wifi. We (my family) are going to eat there to check it out, possibly this weekend. We have eaten there before ( it was quite good) but there has been a name-change and management change since then.
The "welcome pack", or rather, the lack of it. So that you don't need to worry about food-shopping on your day of arrival, I propose to stock each lodge with a basic survival pack, as follows:
Coffee, tea, semi-skimmed milk, sugar
Bread, butter, jam,
Plain yoghurt, cheese
Sugar-free muesli
Anyone who needs gluten-free foodstuffs, let me know. I have already offered to get gluten-free item for one person; a couple more would be no problem.
On a very fine late-winter afternoon, the overwhelming impression was that "The Loch Tay Highland Lodges Park" is a really nice place, nicer than I previously thought. There are fine views out over Loch Tay and the southern hills, our three lodges are tucked away in a quiet corner, and the whole place just feels good.
Photos will follow. Stupidly, I shot Raw not Jpeg, so I will have to process them first. Dang!
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1 - 5 - interior of one of our three lodges
6 - we have the technology
7 - the view from in front of our lodges
8 - part of the marina, and The Bistro
9 - 10 - other parts of the marina etc
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Nice! I'm sure this will be a cozy place to stay at.
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Looks quite comfortable and from what I see I will be mor outside than inside and more bistro than kitchen. Thank you for your exploration and documentation!
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Thanks, Dave, looks good.
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Looks so cool- What a location! Thanks ;)
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Great, thanks Dave for reporting and posting images, looking forward to it.
I am off to Scotland tomorrow night - different company though.
By the looks of it the snow is disappearing fast.
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Thanks Dave, it looks great.
If we can have the same kind of weather.... :D
As I'm by car I can take some (Dutch) things with me like cheese or beer. :D
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Thanks Dave, it looks great.
If we can have the same kind of weather.... :D
As I'm by car I can take some (Dutch) things with me like cheese or beer. :D
If I bring 12 bottles of wine on Sunday will you transport them to Kilin for me?
I doubt they will be treated accordingly by air freight personnel....
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If I bring 12 bottles of wine on Sunday will you transport them to Kilin for me?
I doubt they will be treated accordingly by air freight personnel....
I'm coming by train on Sunday, so that's a little bit difficult to lug around. :)
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David, David I cannot see any Haggis on your list! Not even black or white puddings. (LOL) ;D ;D ;D
Nah, just teasing - here's wishing you all a great time in May.
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I propose to stock each lodge with a basic survival pack, as follows:
Coffee, tea, semi-skimmed milk, sugar
Bread, butter, jam,
Plain yoghurt, cheese
Sugar-free muesli
Anyone who needs gluten-free foodstuffs, let me know. I have already offered to get gluten-free item for one person; a couple more would be no problem.
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I'm coming by train on Sunday, so that's a little bit difficult to lug around. :)
and if I take you back by car and unload at your place?
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David, David I cannot see any Haggis on your list! Not even black or white puddings. (LOL) ;D ;D ;D
What a great idea - I definitely think we should have a haggis party before the week is over. ;D ;D
I could even introduce them to the culinary delights of black pudding. But white pudding - that's for your dog. 8)
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With bagpipes. Haggis bagpipes and accompaining regional drinks served.
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What a great idea - I definitely think we should have a haggis party before the week is over. ;D ;D
I could even introduce them to the culinary delights of black pudding. But white pudding - that's for your dog. 8)
No problem for me.
The last time as visited Scotland I had haggis for breakfast, lunch and diner (not at one day though :D).
I think I'll skip the black pudding.
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I think I'll skip the black pudding.
Same for me. I am fond of haggis .! ;)
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Sorry, in general no innards for me.
But thanks again for your efforts and for providing so much information in advance, David!
Cheers,
Günther
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Black pudding is made of sheep's blood? I eat innards, but I skip the blood...
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Black pudding is made of sheep's blood? I eat innards, but I skip the blood...
"Good" lack pudding is extremely tasty, blood or no blood, but it must be just about the most calorific, unhealthy food on the planet . . .
I seem to remember something similar from my days in Germany - blutwurst?
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We often had black pudding in our home when I grew up, great food. My mom also made black pancakes with plenty of blood, I loved them!
I remember my dad brought an empty bucket to the butcher and came home with it full of fresh blood :)