Rose Cottage, Badachro

Rose Cottage, Badachro Set in stunning Highland scenery Rose Cottage is a traditionally furnished, stone-built, two storey cottage standing in its own large garden.

Long before the American-style Hallowe’en gained traction, we marked the day, with terrifying tattybogles made from turn...
31/10/2025

Long before the American-style Hallowe’en gained traction, we marked the day, with terrifying tattybogles made from turnips, in place of jolly pumpkin jack-o-lanterns. Every Hallowe’en, our mother would have us scanning the sky, searching for raggedy witches among the tattered clouds, and listening for their cackling. Our highland skies are wild and savage, and any self-respecting witch would fly through them joyfully.

If you’re looking for a dreamily atmospheric holiday destination, we can help.
28/10/2025

If you’re looking for a dreamily atmospheric holiday destination, we can help.

In case you were wondering what was the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s Badachro. 🌈
25/10/2025

In case you were wondering what was the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s Badachro. 🌈

The Kernsary walk from Poolewe, past the beautiful loch with heart-stopping mountain views, is one we return to time and...
22/10/2025

The Kernsary walk from Poolewe, past the beautiful loch with heart-stopping mountain views, is one we return to time and again. Including the time we all piled out of three cars to discover that we’d left one of the teenagers behind - everyone thinking she was in another car!

05/10/2025

This clip of me getting battered by Storm Floris back in August is an excuse to tell you the story we heard from the Rose Cottage guest who left yesterday.

‘Just to let you know Storm Amy was quite violent but Rose Cottage is unscathed. We left at 4:30 am and met another car on the road... they’d left at 3am but got turned back by fallen trees along Loch Maree. They’d gone home and fetched a saw back with them, so between the four of us we sawed the branches and trunks and dragged them to the side of the road and cleared a passable way through to Kinlochewe. We were then delayed at Garve because the level crossing barriers had come down and the red lights were flashing. An hour and a half later we decided to drive through anyway and risk the fine and points.

All in all, the 8 hour drive home took us nearly fourteen hours.

Still. Looking forward to returning in November. 🙂

Now THAT is the kind of plucky guest we get at Rose Cottage!

As summer slips away, an evening wander to Red Point to soak in the beauty and peace of the sun setting over the sea.
02/10/2025

As summer slips away, an evening wander to Red Point to soak in the beauty and peace of the sun setting over the sea.

Taking the high road on mighty Beinn Eighe.
29/09/2025

Taking the high road on mighty Beinn Eighe.

🐏 The right to roam absolutely applies to sheep in the highlands, and they are very much part of the landscape. You’ll m...
27/09/2025

🐏 The right to roam absolutely applies to sheep in the highlands, and they are very much part of the landscape. You’ll meet them on the roads as well as the footpaths, and down on the beaches, and their baaing is part and parcel of the soundscape of a stay up here. They once found the gate at Rose Cottage ajar and we returned to a garden fell of ewes and lambs. After that, there was one ewe with a crumpled horn who couldn’t walk past our gate without giving it a speculative nudge.

Rose Cottage is around 150 years old. Our mother’s choice, and now ours, was always to decorate and furnish it sensitive...
19/09/2025

Rose Cottage is around 150 years old. Our mother’s choice, and now ours, was always to decorate and furnish it sensitively, to complement the character of the building. It does feel a little like you are stepping back in time, with the wood panelling and chequerboard tiles. And the Victorian wall clock in the sitting room measuring out the minutes and hours of your stay.

The ever-welcome view from the top of Glen Docherty down to Loch Maree. When you get the first glimpse of blue, you know...
15/09/2025

The ever-welcome view from the top of Glen Docherty down to Loch Maree. When you get the first glimpse of blue, you know you’re getting close. It used to be a car-sickness-inducing switchback, single-track road. Now it’s a leisurely curving sweep down to Kinlochewe and the beautiful loch beyond. Half an hour later, you’re in Badachro.

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Badachro
Gairloch
IV212AA

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