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| www.ardtornish.co.uk | November
2008 |
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| THE 2008 ARDTORNISH WINTER NEWSLETTER | |||||||||||||||||
| We
are writing
to bring you news of the estate and to let you know that we’re
now taking bookings for 2009. An up to date Prices & Availability
Page is available online please email
us for details. |
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| We’re
now keeping the cottages open all year round and need very little
notice for you to book a winter break although we are fully booked
for New Year (but not Christmas). We are delighted to offer short
breaks of 3 days outside the main holiday seasons. |
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We
had a fabulous April and May weather-wise this year with the rest
of the summer months not too bad at all; especially considering
our ‘southern neighbours’ summer weather. Our up to
date average rainfall report is at this
link. |
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| We
have improved our offer for The
South Wing in 2009 by including the provision of bed linen,
towels and a mid week housekeeping visit. We feel that this is more
in keeping with the grandeur of this wonderful apartment. We have
held the price at its 2008 level and so for a party of two families
holidaying together The South Wing is excellent value for money. |
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Improvements
for 2009 to all of our holiday properties will include the installation
of washing machine/dryers, DVD TV’s with ‘FreeSat’
and CD players (all of which which we can remove before your arrival
if you would rather be TV free)! The bathrooms in the Craigendarrochs
and Rose
Cottage will be greatly improved and a fair amount of paint
will be applied around the place. The little niggles that have been
pointed out to us by this year’s visitors will all be put
right for the start of the 2009 season. |
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| We
have a wonderful Ardtornish
2009 Charity Calendar which has been put together by our Factor,
Angus Robertson in aid of a vocational training centre in Tanzania.
If you would like to see this place that we know and love every
day of the year and help some wonderful people at the same time
just click the link to order a copy (or two)!. |
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| We
have just ordered new Guest Information Folders for the properties
and these will be in place for 2009 with up to date information
about your holiday accommodation, Morvern
and Mull Attractions, local food and drink and other good things. |
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The
new computerised booking system which has been running alongside
our old paper system will be fully operational for 2009; with apologies
to those few visitors who experienced difficulties during the changeover.
This will mean that we can offer you a much more efficient service
in handling your holiday bookings. |
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| Fishing, Stalking & Shooting | |||||||||||||||||
| We
are in the third year of our salmon stocking programme which is
due to run until at least 2011 with the aim of returning The
Aline to its former glory (120 salmon in 1992) The five year
averages for salmon and sea trout up to and including 2008 are 25
and 47 respectively. |
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Our
2009 Stalking
Season will see the re-introduction of pony stalking and will
run from 1 September to 20 October for stags; prices (ex VAT) for
2009 are £350 per stag, including a trophy preparation fee. |
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| We
have put together two challenging and Exciting
Shooting Experiences for 2009. We are offering three separate
weeks woodcock shooting over pointers between the end of November
and the end of January. In addition we have wildfowling on several
ponds on the Estate which are fed from the beginning of August. |
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| Functions | |||||||||||||||||
We
are honoured to have hosted four weddings this year. Ardtornish
House accommodates 40 people and if you include our cottages we
can accommodate 90. We are very flexible in What
our Functions have to Offer – you tell us what you would
like and we will do our utmost to make it happen. We can also offer
smaller functions using only The South Wing, sleeping 12 or combined
with The Billiard Room Flat to sleep 20. |
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| The Garden | |||||||||||||||||
| The
garden at Ardtornish takes on brilliant colours in the autumn. Faith
Raven’s update on The
Garden is at this link. |
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| Hydro
Schemes |
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Ardtornish
has recently submitted planning applications for two new hydro schemes
on the estate which will concentrate all of our renewable energy
activities in one general area. There is More
Information about the Hydro at this link. |
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A
big thank you to everyone who has visited us in 2008. We all at
Ardtornish look forward to meeting you again in 2009 and if not
then, at some time in the not too distant future. |
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| Here’s tae us and wha’s like us… | |||||||||||||||||
| The Ardtornish Team |
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