Following on from my last blog post, Escape to the Whisky Howf, today I'm sharing more from our little break away. We had arrived in the dark the previous evening, and so upon opening the shutters to the morning sun glittering across our first frost of the year, it was evident we were indeed in Wonderland.
I spent a large portion of the morning camped out by one window, photographing the birds that stopped by for breakfast (it was a very good idea of us to take a bag of bird seed!). We then took a walk up through the grounds to visit the resident animals and stop by the Honesty Shop to purchase a couple of goodies...
Once we got back in, we decided that we'd have a drive to the closest village to 'support local' for Mr H to grab a coffee. Surprisingly, they actually had vegan items on the menu, so we ended up with lovely vegan sausage sandwiches for breakfast!
For the rest of the day, we played some board games by the fire and took our monthly portraits outside, and as evening rolled in, we rolled out in hopes of seeing the Kelpies lit up. We stopped by during the day on our last stay at Craighead, but had passed them the evening before on our way and had a peek at them glowing purple, so I wanted to go say hello again. They are much prettier in person than in my photographs.
With a chill in our bones, we ended the night with a soak in the giant tub, which is a huge benefit of staying in these gorgeous accommodations.
The next morning was check out, and ever so sad. However, brushing your teeth with an audience of goats and an Emu with the zoomies (video below!) is a great tonic to sadness! We took a moment to pull our oracle cards for Samhain, had some goodbye hugs with one of the lucky cats who gets to call this magical place home and shed a tear as I waved goodbye...at least for now.
I feel so incredibly lucky to get to adventure to such beautiful places with my husband, and this trip holds a special place in my heart during 2025, which has been quite a trying year. There's no rainbows without rain afterall!
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Until next time...
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