The cottage is perfect for walkers as the West Highland Way is literally on the doorstep and can be followed in either direction.

The route that leads up the mighty Buachaille Etive Mor also starts just opposite the cottage. The mountain, known as The Buachaille, has two munros on it called Stob Dearg and Stob na Broige and it takes about 6 hours to climb. The peaks were used as one of the sets in the Bond film Skyfall and you understand why when you see the amazing views from the summit.

The scenery is pretty spectacular in the whole area and photographers will be in their element with so much beauty to try and capture. There is also plenty of wildlife to look out for including red squirrels, golden eagles, otters, pine martens and lots of red deer.

The bar and restaurant at the Kings House Hotel (3 miles) is just a 5 minute drive away and there is skiing and snowboarding at the Glencoe Mountain Resort (4  miles). The resort also has mountain biking trails that have the added bonus of a chairlift to take you back up to the top so you can have another go.

There is a supermarket in Ballachulish (10 miles) where there is a golf course, segway tours and a leisure centre with swimming pool. Paddle Lochaber offers sea kayaking adventures out on Loch Leven (which feeds into Loch Linnhe) and Seaxplorer run fast boat trips, fishing trips and wildlife spotting trips from Ballachulish harbour.

The Ice Factor at Kinlochleven (16 miles) is a great place to spend an afternoon tackling the various different climbing walls and aerial adventure courses.