Lochside House, Stronachlachar, Scotland

23/10/2024

The island where the tax collector was imprisoned for a week, and the steamer that comes to the Pier every day - just two of the pieces of history you can see from the front windows of Lochside House and Apartment.

23/10/2024

Ben A'an is one of our favourite walks when we're at Lochside and we're feeling more energetic... knees permitting!

Discovering the Highlands one hill at a time! We've climbed Ben A'an a few times, as it's about a 45-minute drive from Lochside House. It's only 461 m high, but the views from the top are epic! And you can just about see Lochside House with the naked eye - a little white dot near the end of the Loch...

25/06/2024

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Read our latest blog post (2-minute read) about Queen Victoria's eventful visit and the astounding feat of Victorian engineering that supplies Glasgow and surrounds with the elixir of life.

The watery landscape that Lochside House has graced since 1900 provides more than just a stunning view: Loch Katrine also supplies the precious elixir of life to the good people of Glasgow and beyond! This feat was made possible by the Victorian engineering triumph that was to bring Queen Victoria h...

21/06/2024

21/06/2024

Join our friendly team in stunning surroundings this summer 👏🏻☀️

Positions available both front and back of house, contact us at [email protected] or message us here for more information ✏️

21/06/2024

21/06/2024

Low season 2024 offer: 4 nights for the price of 3 (see image for prices).
Please call us or email to check availability and book direct for the offer.
For more pictures and details about Lochside House & Apartment, go to www.trossachsselfcatering.co.uk

21/06/2024

Low season 2024 offer: 4 nights for the price of 3 (see image for prices).
Please call us or email to check availability and book direct for the offer.
For more pictures and details about Lochside Apartment, go to www.trossachsselfcatering.co.uk

16/06/2024

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Loch Lomond is just a 4.5-mile walk from Lochside House and Apartment along the scenic Old Military Road to Inversnaid. As you head out of Stronachlachar, keep your eyes peeled for the signposted footpath on the right hand side about half a mile from the house. The undulating path runs parallel to Loch Arklet and spectacular views gradually open up towards the distant hills behind Loch Lomond.

You're now marching down an old military road, built in the 18th century as part of an historical network to improve access through the Scottish Highlands, especially for military purposes following the Jacobite uprisings of 1715 - 1745.

After about four miles of fairly easy walking, you reach the site of the old Inversnaid Garrison, its main purpose being to monitor and maintain control of movements along Loch Lomond. The Garrison was built in 1718 and remained a garrison barracks for 80 years. Don't miss the information board for a quick history lesson!

Continue walking along the quiet road and down the hill to Inversnaid, on Loch Lomond, where you can join the footpaths along the tranquil shoreline, which is part of the world-famous West Highland Way in both directions. To the right of the large hotel are the bonnie, tumbling falls that feature in Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem "Inversnaid".

Inversnaid
Gerard Manley Hopkins

This darksome burn, horseback brown,
His rollrock highroad roaring down,
In coop and in comb the fleece of his foam
Flutes and low to the lake falls home.

A windpuff-bonnet of fáwn-fróth
Turns and twindles over the broth
Of a pool so pitchblack, féll-frówning,
It rounds and rounds Despair to drowning.

Degged with dew, dappled with dew
Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through,
Wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern,
And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn.

What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.

16/06/2024

We have a new blog on our website! Check out our latest post here :-)

Loch Lomond is just a 4.5-mile walk from Lochside House and Apartment along the scenic Old Military Road to Inversnaid. As you head out of Stronachlachar, keep your eyes peeled for the signposted footpath on the right hand side about half a mile from the house. The undulating path runs parallel to L...

15/06/2024

Discovering the Highlands one hill at a time! We've climbed Ben A'an a few times, as it's about a 45-minute drive from Lochside House. It's only 461 m high, but the views from the top are epic! And you can just about see Lochside House with the naked eye - a little white dot near the end of the Loch.

Starting from the car park Starting from the car park by Loch Achray, the trail is a 2-3 hour journey of scenic bliss (with a fair sprinkling of sweat). Steady climb, some more demanding rocky bits, but totally worth it for the summit panorama! 🤩📸

No ice creams at the top, but overlooking Loch Katrine and Loch Achray, the summit serves up a visual feast. Perfect for a quick hike to get your heart rate up in the 100s, if you're into that!

Pro tip: Proper footwear is a must – unless you're into free mud spa treatments! 😂🧗‍♂️ And tag us in your photos, because this spot is Instagram gold, especially at sunrise or sunset. 🌅

09/06/2024

"Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour."
Walt Whitman
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06/06/2024

Check out our fab new website, designed by Sam Henderson

Self-catering properties on Loch Katrine, ideally situated for access to Stirling, Aberfoyle, Inversnaid, and the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.

02/06/2024

Fancy waking up to this view? No two days look the same out of this window! This is what you will see from the living room in Lochside Apartment and the master bedroom in Lochside House.

02/06/2024

01/06/2024

Good morning! How many Airbnb apartments give you a view like this from the lounge window?

Check us out on Airbnb: Lochside Apartment, https://air.tl/Txqpmxxo

13/05/2023

May wildlife at Lochside. Orange Tip, Willow Warbler, House Martin and Canada geese family. What a beautiful time of year!

13/02/2023

Thank you Michelle! Haste ye back!