The Gruinard Estate is spectacularly situated between the mountains and the sea near Laide, 24 miles from Gairloch.

The Estate is situated thirty miles west of Ullapool and twelve miles from Poolewe, on Scotland's altogether spectacular north west coast.

Here we offer two excellent cottages, one of which, Inchina, once housed the Estate shepherd. It has now been considerably upgraded, with double glazing and oil central heating, to make a most comfortable holiday home for all seasons of the year.

The cottage is very privately situated in its own fenced rough garden and accessed by a 600m long track (some care required and not suitable for low-slung vehicles). Once you are there though, you find yourself in your own little domain, in a quite dramatic setting where there's a good chance of seeing deer coming down the hill most evenings.

For a house sleeping four, the cottage is remarkably spacious and there is plenty of room for guests to spread out. In the sitting room the open fire forms a cosy, inviting focal point and, with windows on two sides, it is bright and cheerful.

The large kitchen, simply but very adequately appointed, has a dining corner at one end and is made equally snug by its Rayburn stove.

All on one level there are two bedrooms, a double and a twin room, both of which are very spacious and attractively decorated and furnished. The bathroom is large and the space has been capitalised on to have both a bath and a separate shower, with plenty of space still left over. You can well understand why delighted guests return here year after year.