Author Archives: sarah

06.12.14 Steve came back from a great day at a new fishing venue last week and presented me with two beautiful trout. Alderneuk Fly Fishery is a 20 minute drive away from McMurdoston, is family-run, peaceful and very welcoming. Established … Continue reading →

23.09.14 Once again it’s time to say goodbye to our Summer guests, the swallows and house martins and welcome the return of the likes of fieldfares, redwings and flocks of geese. The swallows nested in 7 different places around McMurdoston, … Continue reading →

20.07.14 Last week Steve and I took up the kind offer of a couple of nights in a cottage on Easedale Island, just South of Oban. We drove up in extraordinarily heavy rain, wondering – unnecessarily as it turned out … Continue reading →

08.06.2014 The lanes are frothing over with cow parsley, and all sorts of lovely spring flowers are peeping their delightful little faces out from amongst it. I picked a selection to try and identify them and thought it was a … Continue reading →

28.05.14 At long last the swifts are back. For a week or so now they’ve been screaming at full pitch as they swoop across the yard and glide into their nests in the eaves of the old barn. When it’s … Continue reading →

13.05.14 Beautiful gardens all around the Dumfries and Galloway area are opening through the next couple of months under the Scotland’s Gardens scheme http://www.scotlandsgardens.org/. We had some very happy ladies staying at McMurdoston who visited Portrack, one of whom was … Continue reading →

30.04.14 Great news – the swallows returned on the 10th and have 4 nests so far. The house martins followed on the 18th and have 3 nests. This is 6 days earlier than last year for the swallows and an … Continue reading →

03.04.14 As you can see McMurdoston’s new website is up and running. You can check availability for the cottages and see all the prices, so have a look and please get in touch with us if you fancy a peaceful … Continue reading →

25.01.14 Please keep an eye on this website, which will be changing soon in order to make way for information on our new venture. Swift Cottage and Swallow Cottage are opening for business over the next couple of weeks and … Continue reading →

07.01.14 We went a bit quiet (blog-wise) here at McMurdoston towards the end of the year, but only because we’ve been very busy. In August the B and B was full for most of the month and things really didn’t … Continue reading →