WHAT
TO DO
OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES
AT
HOME
Outside
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Play outside around the farm and the outbuildings
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Outside table and chairs
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Barbeque
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Extensive patio
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Basket ball hoop
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Walk up the hill for extraordinary views and the freshest
air
Inside
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Games - DVD - TV - Piano - Plenty of books
SPORT
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Ski or snowboard at Aonoch Mhor - 5 miles away
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Walk all around - new Great Glen way surrounded by
some of the finest hillwalking in the country
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Walk along the miles of local seashore
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Climbing - 7 miles from Ben Nevis and countless Munros
- walk through to the Mamores
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Canoeing - River Spean and River Roy on doorstep
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Mountain Biking - Aonoch Mhor is host to the world
championships
· Golf course - Par 3 walk on
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Spean Bridge Fishing - 3 miles from the river Lochy
Stalking - may be arrangeable with notice
SITES OF INTEREST
· Glenfinnan where Bonnie Prince Charlie raised
the Jacobite standard - 20 miles on the road to the Isles
· High Bridge - scene of first skirmish of the
'45 rebellion - 2 miles
· Glen Roy - famous parallel roads created by glacial
lakes (Lochs)
· "Dew of Ben Nevis" whisky distillery in Fort
William
· Glencoe - scene of the infamous Massacre and
a place of extraordinary atmosphere - 30 minute drive.
· Loch Ness - twenty minutes to Fort Augustus at
the end of the Loch
· Sealife Centre in Oban - an hour to the south
· Ardverikie and Loch Laggan - home to "Monarch
of the Glen" twenty minutes drive towards Dalwhinnie
· Glen Nevis - dramatic local glen and celebrated
backdrop to movies such as "Braveheart", Harry Potter
and "Rob Roy"
· Ardnamurchan Point - Scotland's most westerly
point - fantastic two hour drive along superb scenery
· Castle Tioram - Scotland's secret castle, nestling
in the inlets of Moidart - an hour north west
· Icewall in Kinlochleven - award winning activity
in this extraordinary smelter town far down a remote loch.
· Fort William - busy local town
· West Highland Museum - collection of Jacobite
artefacts as well as fascinating local history
· Clan Cameron Museum - five miles away at Achnacarry
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