Tuesday 6 September 2011

A new member of staff

Our blog has fallen by the wayside a bit, as we've been so busy during the summer; we've had some lovely people to stay and they have all been most complimentary about what we provide (see http://www.accommodationbedscotland.com). Being so busy has meant we've had to take on more staff, so Ella has joined us. We're delighted to have her and she seems to like us too, so welcome Ella, we look forward to working with you.

Friday 2 September 2011

The house is made of traditional Scottish stone

We have said on page 1 of our webpage (http://www.accommodationbedscotland.com) that the building is an "historic stone farm-workers' cottage, built around 1820, with many attractive original features". The image shows just one of the corner stones from which the cottage is made. You can also see another stone to the left of it, behind the plants. These stones are all along the base of the side and front of the building, showing the ground level construction. As we understand it, the stones were quarried locally. Similar stones make up all the outside walls, with smaller stones on top of the larger ones. The whole wall is then harled to give it the pebbledash finish you can see. These buildings are usually very strong and keep the heat in in the cold weather.