Bruach, Carrbridge, Self Catering Holiday Cottage for let.

Bruach, Station Road, Carrbridge, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Within Cairngorm National Park.

Summary

Weekly let, sleeps 6, log stove, large garden, broadband internet, half mile from village centre. One bathroom. Up to two well behaved dogs allowed. Sorry no other pets unless agreed. No smoking, no sub-letting. See StreetMap for area map. Google Map and Google or Get Mapping and MSN Virtual Earth satellite maps.

Good
Warm, log stove.
Spacious rooms.
Natural garden & wildlife.
Good village facilites but also countryside access..

Poor
Kitchen in need of replacement (during 2008).
Lowish soundproofing.

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Availability & Cost

15% off second and subsequent full weeks.

Weekly Saturday 4pm to Saturday 11am. Full week let prices listed. Part weeks on discresion. 6 nights 100%, 5 nights 80%, 4 nights or less 70%. Max 6 people. Sorry no smoking, no pets (except guide dogs), no sub-letting.

Bookings only being taken for dates listed. Note the property is not available for Hogmanay (New Year) week.

Deposit £60 per week booked. Full payment six weeks in advance. Electricity charged at unit rate. Payment by cheque or PayPay (PayPal account or credit / debit card). See full Terms & Conditions.

Property exchanges considered.

Enquiries & Booking

Email: roy@roybrown.co.uk or telephone Roy on mobile + 44 (0) 771 424 4142 (Edinburgh). If you email please supply a phone number as some times the supplied emails do not work! Terms & Conditions.

Note two houses down from the former Whistlefield cabin at Urquhart Brae. Whistlefield is no longer available (cabin now in Peeblesshire!). Compare Bruach with Macdonald's Lochanhully Woodland Club prices.

Plan

Larger view.

Rooms & Photos

Living Room

Good sized bright room with large SW facing windows, window and roof quarter lights to SE. Log stove & night store night store radiator (off peak) and electric 3 bar radiator. 3 seater settee, 2 x reclining chairs, footstool. Dining table and 6 chairs. 15" TV, Sky Digital, DVD and mini Hi-Fi.

Kitchen

Note kitchen units be replaced soon. Electric cooker with double oven and grill, fridge, slimline dishwasher (8 settings), microwave/oven/grill, toaster, hand blender, plenty of kitchen utensils (stainless steel pans, bowls, collander, electronic scales, sharp knives, etc).

Bedroom 1

Good sized corner room. Walk-in cupboard. King size double bed (5' / 150cm), table, chest of drawers. Night store radiator (off peak) and high level electric bar wall radiator.

Bedroom 2

Good sized corner room. Walk-in cupboard. 2 x single beds (3' / 90cm wide), dressing table, chest of drawers. Night store radiator (off peak) and high level electric bar wall radiator.

Bedroom 3

Smaller sized room. Walk-in cupboard. 2 x single beds (2' 6" / 75cm wide). table, chest of drawers. High level electric bar wall radiator.

Bathroom

Good sized bath. Sink and WC. Note no shower (yet). Electric towl rail and high level electric bar wall radiator.

Hall

Night storage heater. Coat hooks.

Boxroom

Storage area.

Porch

SE facing.

Garden

Fairly large natural woodland garden (about 0.4 acre, 50m x 35m).

These are no smoking premises.
It is an offence to smoke or knowingly to permit smoking in these premises.
Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005

Environmental

Carbon neutral. Log stove (logs from local forests which are mostly FSC certified) and 100% renewable energy supplied by Good Energy. Request do not set the night stores above “input: 5 and boost: 5” unless very cold! Entirely low energy lighting (CF and LED). Constructed with Canadian red cedar. Garden organic. Some deadwood retained for wildlife. Compost bin. Recle collections and village facilities.Useful info at Strathspey Waste Action Network.

Bruach

Bruach (or bruaich), is gaelic for: bank, brink, small extent of rising ground, a brae, or a short ascent.

Location

Carrbridge is a picturesque village located in Strathspey beneath the Monadhliath (Gray) Mountains. A village with local character, excellent access to the surrounding countryside, it's wildlife and many outdoor sporting activities. Less busy than Aviemore which is six miles south, but as good a location to explore the Highlands. Carrbridge is within the Cairngorm National Park. One minute from Woodland Trust Glencharnoch Wood with walks.

See Multimap or StreetMap for area map.

Longitude: W 3'49'43.8" Latitude: N 57'16'53.8" Altitude:280m (919 feet) Post Code: PH23 3AN

Transport

Foot & Cycle: National Cycle Route 7 (Glasgow to Inverness) passes through Carrbridge (½ mile). Bruach is on the 'off road' Route 7 to Slochd via Sluggan bridge.

Train: Carrbridge Station is two minutes walk from Bruach. See First ScotRail for times and timetable or National Rail Carrbridge Departure Board.

Road: Local bus services by Rapsons. Services 15, 35, 36 and 136 stop in Carrbridge. See 'Strathspey and Badenoch Area' timetable. By car, 3 miles from the main A9. Turn up Station Road in village centre next to old bridge (opposite Spar shop). ½ mile, on RHS before left turnoff to station, and before passing under railway line.

Air: Inverness Airport which is located at Dalcross, 10 miles to the east of Inverness close to the A96 Inverness-Aberdeen trunk road.

Local Attractions

Woodland Trust Glencharnoch Wood (Local map) 50 metres, Pony Trekking 1/4 mile, Bridge of Carr (oldest bridge in Highlands) 1/2 mile; Landmark Visitor Centre 1 mile; Carrbridge Golf Club 1 mile, Sluggen Bridge 2 miles, The Strathspey Steam Railway 4 miles (runs from Aviemore to Boat-of-Garten and on to Broomhill), Abernethy Forest Ospreys 7 miles, Aviemore 7 miles, the Tomatin Distillery 10 miles, Inverness 23 miles.
(All distances approximate to be checked).

Local Resources

Bike hire: Ian Bishop Cycles & Mountain Bike Centre (The Slochd). Mountain Bike Hire. 4 miles north of Carrbridge on National Cycle Route 7. Bothy Bikes mountain bike shop & hire ½ mile out of Aviemore, on the Cairngorm Ski road, Rothiemurchus.

Garden Wildlife

Common: blue tit, coal tit, great tit, chaffinch, greenfinch, goldfinch, siskin, robin, wren, house sparrow, blackbird, hooded crow (local hybrid), great spotted woodpecker, tree creeper, collared dove, wood pigeon, red deer, red squirrel, hedgehog, common toad, pipistrelle bats, Scots pine (including a 'granny pine'), silver birch, rowan.

Regular: brambling, goldcrest, bullfinch, dunock, redpole, redwing, song thrush, long tailed tit, crested tit, pied wagtail.

Occasional: Scottish crossbill.

In area, many more birds and mammals including: golden eagle, osprey, buzzard, capercaille, oystercatcher, lapwing, dipper, owls, roe deer, mountain hare, badger, pine marten, feral goats, Daubenton's bat

See Cairngorm Nature Calendar, a list of Natural events.

Communications

Mobile reception

Orange - good
O2 - poor
T-Mobile - good
Vodafone - very good

Telephone

Telephone (max use £5, over this will be billed. Please advise if believe over £5)

Internet

Uncapped broadband 'up to' 8Mb internet* (Buffalo Airstation WMR-G54 ADSL modem [Quick Set-up and User Guide], 4 port Ethernet router and 802.11g Wi-Fi wireless). *note no guarantee of internet availability. If using wireless connection, then your adapter must support 128 bit WEP. See side of router for WEP code. Computer not provided. 120 x 60 height adjustable computer desk.

Internet service provider is Demon Internet . Connection instructions provided. Also see Demon helpdesk and status pages.

Other Info

Community Council Village web site: Carrbridge.com

Looking for a hotel or food and drink, try: The Cairn Hotel.

Local info, see links page at:

Carrbridge Weather Station - not yet live (Spring 2008).

Golden Spurtle (Carrbridge World Porridge Making Championships).

Carve Carrbridge the 'Scottish OpenChainsaw Carving Competition'.

Cairngorm Park i " the concise up-to-date, day-by-day listing of facilities and attractions in and around the Cairngorms National Park, from hotels in Aviemore to restaurants in Ballater, we even include a Park i happy map for the children. All in all you name it, we list it!"

Other: Cairngorm Webcams

Walk Highlands has over 370 detailed walk descriptions with GPS waypoints, maps and photos across the Highlands of Scotland. Now includes Cairngorm area walks.

Rod & June's Gulf Coast beaches of Venice, Florida property. Jamie & Vari Brown's chalets and boat. Simon and Fiona's holiday rental cottage on the island of Tiree, the Inner Hebrides.

Listings

Carrbridge Village - Undiscovered Scotland - Cottages UK - Environmentally Friendly Hotels - Walk Highlands

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