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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

[kmusser]

Junipers in Aviemore would probably be my recommendation - absolutely gorgeous area, lots to do without feeling crowded. Dangerously close to my favorite distillery :-)

Cromarty and Stratpeffer are pretty similar in their distance to other stuff. Black Isle was on our list to see but we didn't quite make it there, if I was picking for myself it would probably be Cromarty just because it's closest to the ocean. It's also the most remote of your choices if that's what you're going for.

The Glenurquhart area I found very touristy, I'd avoid.

Inverness itself doesn't have a lot going for it other than the convenience of being in a real city rather than the boonies.

[winterbadger]

Cromarty and Strathpeffer are actually close to a concentration of the more northerly events. I realised I didn't reproduce the link to my map of feis locations, so I've added that.

Yeah, I've never been north of Inverness, especially on the east coast, and the history program I was thinking of joining is in Dornoch, so I'll probably travel up that way even if I'm not staying there.

[kmusser]

Yeah, if your headed north of Inverness anyway the Black Isle would be nice - looks like Strathpeffer would be very convenient location-wise.