Mr & Mrs Oyster Catcher are in residence. They choose to sit on the end of our jetty for a couple of months, either finding or protecting a nest site, and when the young are hatched, off they go to the seaside! The Osprey’s returned on the 19th of March – first sighting by Chris – […]
At the end of each season we collate the feedback forms that our customers kindly take time to fill in and one of the top 5 things requested was outside lights at the front of the Cedar Cabins – good idea; prolonging an evening sitting outside on comfy new seats (!) and now being able to […]
So there Chris is, with Pippin at our house, and scuffling noises are heard in the old water trough that we use as a planter for ferns. Ducks lay their eggs in it every year because its good bedding however we hadn’t accounted for Mr Pine Martin this year…..here’s what they saw!
I’m delighted to have been asked to join the Port Primary’s Eco Commitee as they head towards attaining their third Green Flag. There are 4 in all to be attained and so I hope that I’m able to bring a community and eco tourism view to the children’s table. Exciting stuff!
Lochend Chalets is a proud member of the ‘OUR park’ scheme which is helping to support vital works to conserve and enhance the landscape and wildlife of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park for us all to enjoy. We would like to ask you for your support too and give you the opportunity, when booking, […]
…or more correctly – let the Goodie Burn flow. As the Goodie water is the only outlet on the lake, the flow of the water has to be kept going but the debris, which was churned up by the ice at this time, gets caught in the grid and has to be cleared. Waders on […]
It’s a sure sign of spring when the snowdrops, that were planted by the folk who stayed in the caravans at Lochend over 40 years ago, start appear and when I went to the side of the tennis court to take these pictures, the wee birdies were in full song!
Chris and Cooper have headed to Glencoe for a days sking/boarding. Visibilty not quite as good as hoped but the snow seems great.
Of course ‘the last ice float’ is what we are hoping(!) all the bouys marking shallow water around the lake have ended up in our bay, and the edges of the ice are filled with reeds and all that the ice has dredged up, and is depositing it at the mouth of the Goodie burn, […]
We purchased a fabulous new steam iron Tefal Protect Steam Generator, 1.8 litre Water tank capacity! (I’m sounding a bit like the boys when they talk about cars!) which has helped speed up the curtain laundering considerably. Thanks to Marion of ‘John Walker Interiors’ for all your help and advice. It has proved very useful for steaming alsorts of […]