I have to confess, I have been to the MacDonald Marine Hotel three times now… Usually I try to go somewhere new whenever I can but there’s something about this place that keeps me coming back – actually a few things… It’s just an hour and a half from Glasgow, it’s completely dog friendly (our room even had tweed dog…
Imagine the storm outside, waves lashing against the rocks and wind whipping round the coast… and imagine being here, looking out from the sauna through floor to ceiling picture windows, with a blanket of tiny stars blinking through the hot wood above your head. This place is Portavadie – a little slice of heaven on the West of Scotland, Argyll’s…
When you rock up to your room and the door plaque simply reads ‘The Big Yin’, you can’t help smiling at each other and feeling like you’re about to open the door to Christmas. Even Mr K was excited, oh yes, he was there too. So we opened the door and there’s this roll-top bath, raised on a bed of…