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[winterbadger]

OK, lucky people, you get to participate in a nonbinding, straw poll and it isn't even primary season in Iowa!

I'm looking at five possibilities, so far, for accomodation for my trip in September. They are

Torcroft Lodges, near Glenurquhart and Loch Ness
the Junipers, in a village near the mountains
Cragievar Cottage near Cromarty, in the country near the Moray Firth
the Woodlands apartment, near Stratpeffer, a former spa town west of Inverness
Hedgefield Corner Cottage, in Inverness itself

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ETA: I should probably have included the link to my list of Blas feis locations, which is a major consideration in location choosing.

Just click on one of the location links on the left to center the full map.

Comments

[wolfette]

Inverness makes a good base for lots of stuff, and has lots going on in town these days. check out Moniack Castle winery nearby

[winterbadger]

Thanks for the tip!

Being in town has its disadvantages (a bit more traffic for the novice UK driver to deal with), but I would also be able to walk to many of the venues in the city, and it would be more like actually living in a place as I shall be (wherever I land I imagine it won't be in a country cottage, at least not for a while), which after all is the point of renting one place for a week.

[wolfette]

I've driven in Inverness as a novice driver (one of the first places I went after I passed my test). It's not London or Edinburgh - and yes, it's a small enough "city" to walk to a lot of places.

[winterbadger]

Just checked, and it's a ~25 minute walk to the Eden Court Theatre, the main in-town venue. Probably less if Google Maps could comprehend the footbridge about a block south of the theatre (instead of making one go all the way up to the road bridge at the aptly named Bridge St.)