Balquhidder, Perthshire
A pink farmhouse at the end of a single-track road in the Trossachs, run by the Lewis family with irreverent charm. The food is excellent, the views are wild and the welcome is enormous.
Dogs are adored. Rob Roy is buried in the churchyard nearby, and a walk to pay one’s respects is the perfect prelude to dinner.
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