What our visitors say
We do not ask for compliments. Every visiting party is invited to fill in a postcard asking for factual information about the condition of the cottage on arrival and for ideas for improvements. We also ask visitors to sign the Visitors Book where there is some space for comments. Almost all the comments below have been written in the Visitors Book. We also have a log book in which people are invited to put their comments at greater length.
2010
Our second visit. Weather not as perfect as last time, but I’m not complaining.
Wonderful cottage! Wonderful holiday! A.M, Buxton
Weather much better than the forecasts. Again a wonderful week – till next year
D. M Netherlands (13th visit)
Absolutely brilliant again another year; can’t wait till next one. Anon
Weather hit and miss. John done 2 Munros, I have had walks round to the bridge
and back; enjoyed wild life, deer in fields, rabbits in garden plus ducks and birds.
Thank you. J & P S
Bright days, starry nights, otters, porpoises, seals, and birds. Great walks and
peaceful nights. Looking forward to 2011. Thank you for this wonderful place.
A & M S Southport
Best week of weather in five years of visits. Can’t wait till next year. J. P, Devon
Our first visit. What a beautiful base to explore some beautiful countryside.
Than you very much for your excellent cottage, B G, Plymouth and friends
We thoroughly enjoyed the cottage again and greatly appreciated the
marked improvements, new dining and lounge furniture and TV along with
the newly organised shed and garden Unlike the rest of UK we did not
have the warm sunshine but the wind and rain did not detract
from the enjoyment one bit. R & H S
Yet again a very relaxing time. R & H B, Northants
Sunshine all week. Cottage very comfortable. Thanks for wine. A great holiday.
Janet Donnie MacRae, Gairloch
Delightful cottage and setting. Weather pretty good. We liked the wine again.
M F, Cornwall and friend.
We were trying to keep it to one bottle per family!
all to wall sunshine from Sunday to Thursday. The Indian restaurant just over the Skye Bridge is excellent. Thanks, Rog, for a nice week. D etc, St Albans
Perfect holiday as always M & Jill C, Cornwall [early May]
Weather much better than the forecasts. Again a wonderful week – till next year
D M, Holland [mid-April]
Great walks round the cottage, a lot of animals. Scotland at its best.
S M, Paris [early April]
Absolutely brilliant again another year; can’t wait till next one.
M H, Cheshire [late March]
Weather hit and miss. John did 2 Munros, I have had walks round to the bridge
and back; enjoyed wild life, deer in fields, rabbits in garden plus ducks and birds.
Thank you. J & P Stead [mid-March
Bright days, starry nights, otters, porpoises, seals, and birds. Great walks
and peaceful nights. Looking forward to 2011. Thank you for this wonderful
place. A & M S, Southport [early March]
Best week of weather in five years of visits. Can’t wait till next year.
P Liskeard [early March]
ur first visit. What a beautiful base to explore some beautiful countryside.
Thank you very much for your excellent cottage.
B G, Plymouth and S E and L A [mid-February]
2009
As always a wonderful holiday at John Fisher’s. Thanks
M& J Crawford, Cornwall
Sunshine all week. Cottage very comfortable. Thanks for wine. A great holiday.
J D MacRae, Gairloch
The wine marked 40 years of owning the cottage; sorry if you come after May 2009
you'll have to wait to 2018 for yours!
D visited the cottage as a boy over 50 years ago and found it much changed. He was able to renew acquaintance with the MacRaes next door
Delightful cottage and setting. Weather pretty good. We liked the wine again.
M F, M M, R & D C, J J,
Cornwall
A very wet and very windy week, but still enjoy being here again
T & B M, Holland
Their 12th visit
Wall to wall sunshine from Sunday to Thursday. The Indian restaurant just over
the Skye Bridge is excellent. Thanks, Rog, for a nice week.
D etc, St Albans
We’ve had a brilliant week, mostly sunny, some rain. Book next year!!!!
J & I S, Staffs
Second visit and loved every minute. Glenelg, Arnisdale, Corrran are beautiful
Sheena’s Tea Hut at Corran is a must. Glass bottom boat at Kyle is 1st class.
We’ll be back.
T S, Nottingham
2nd visit this year our 4th altogether. Lovely sunny week. We never tire of the spectacular scenery. J & I D Wednesfield
We love the area and the history (as MacRaes), and this is one of the nicest cottage locations we’ve stayed in. Looking forward to our return in November.
M & P H and A MacR (Birmingham)
Mixed weather this week, but what a fab home from home cottage. A great week away.
R& J Cowley. Flintshire.
We have really enjoyed ouit visit – enjoyed being the first people to sit on your new suite. Thank you for the bottle of wine celebrating 40 years of your cottage.
Mr & Mrs G G Perth (Sept 2008)
We would just like to express how much we enjoyed our stay at the cottage.
Not only is it in a very beautiful location but also feels very homely.
Our apologies, but we forgot to fill in the visitors book. Our comments would
certainly have been reflected how much we enjoyed our stay.
M V & S F
2008
Thanks for a great cottage - ideal location. We got 18 munros done!
J T & J S, Nottingham (July)
Gosh, my legs ache at the thought. That's an average of three a day! Is this a record?
Enjoyed our week here in your beautiful and cosy house. Fine weather until the end
of the week, then rain and gales. Yes, the tide did get as high as the seaweed in
the fence. Notable wildlife was:-
group of porpoise and an otter in Loch Duich;
seven buzzards riding the thermals
up the slopes of Scurr an Airgid; and a
ptarmigan in full winter plumage on the
summit although there were only a few
snow patches left.
D & M H, Cumbria (February)
Yes, they managed to write all that in the small space in the Visitors Book; imagine
what they wrote in the Log Book!
Wettest week ever at JF’s (see log). Looking forward to return visit at Christmas.
A & M S, Southport (February)
We can do nothing about the weather, unfortunately.
Weather good, dry and often sunny. Cottage perfect. Till next year.
I & B M, Holland (April)
Their tenth visit. Wish we could claim to do something about the weather!
Our first visit. We loved it and we’ll be back. Sunshine all week.
Liz & Ann B (Derbyshire) (May)
See - it can be sunny!
Excellent cottage. Perfect weather. Wonderful walks.
M & S B, Yorks (May)
Excellent weather. Bagged a few Munros with wonderful views
D & J B, Durham; P & P S, Sunderland; G F, Barnsley (June)
Our first time here. Breathtaking nature, pretty view of the mountains and
everything was OK. It’s a very nice cottage, a perfect place for a holiday in
Scotland. The trip to Glomach Falls was most interesting . . .
Heavy rain all day but it doesn’t matter . . .
Ate haggis and heard traditional Scot music on last evening sitting in the sun . . .
D & S B, Germany (June)
Lovely cottage - everything one could possibly need. Lovely area especially for
keen photographers.
A S & P E, Cumbria (July)
Absolutely fantastic stay. Lovely to “get away from it all”, and drink in the scenery.
Thank you for the wine!
J & M & J S, South Africa (July)
We gave all visitors in 2008/9 a bottle of wine to celebrte 40 years of John Fisher's Cottage
2007
JF was just perfect
A P, South Africa
Weather not so good, but as usual we had a lovely week
L & D Hogg, West Calder
Really comfortable. So much careful thought. Hugely enjoyable & productive
time.
DGW Aberdeenshire (December)
(DGW came to write a book, so it was productive)
A charming home from house. We have loved it and wish we could do it again.
Sunny, cold frosty out; warm as toast in. Many superb outings – your information
was most welcome. Glenelg, Pictish brochs, highland cows, deer, Skye, Loch Ness,
Nairn – frozen beach! So much.
A & A & L &B P South Africa (November)
And we heard South Africa was the place to go!
In Swabian we say: “Et gschompfa isch globtn g’nug” √☺
M & J & R & S & R, Stuggart
Had a wonderful time, as we always do. The week passed too quickly. Can't
wait to come back.
L & A H, Manchester
Fantastick cottage. Enjoyed our holiday and finished our last munro.
P & E, Peterhead
31 weeks pregnant but still loch walking; very relaxing.
K M, Plymouth
Just as well - it could have
been the first baby born in the cottage for 130 years.
Walked our feet off! Saw otters!
M & C S, Southport.
A lovely week once again! Weather mixed. The new bathroom is lovely.
L & D H, West Lothian
From earlier years
Lovely place. Shame about TV reception (That's now cured!). Heavy snow fell this
week. Superb on the mountains.
B B, Exeter
Disappointed there wasn’t more snow. (This is the following week!) Despite that
lots of walks done, Munros and Corbetts. Strong winds on the tops. Not an otter
spotted – one day! (They do exist– see M & C S, Southport above). Thanks
for
lovely cottage.
J & B, Nottingham
YY lovely KK
R S, Preston
Awful weather but countryside still
wonderful and birds a treat to watch.
R & C D, Rugby
Good weather; a lovely relaxing Christmas.
S & C, Bedfordshire
Wild, wet & windy – that’s the weather, not our fab Hogmanay Party.
R & M W, Devon
We are having a wonderful time, it is a superb place! Thank you! I’m marvelling at
the weather, scenery, wild life . . . and log books. The healthier of us have been
out on the mountains every day so far. I’ve been watching ducklings, reading,
painting, feeling very relaxed and peaceful.
B D, Wales
Lovely warm and cosy cottage. Thought the map on the wall was great. We’ll
recommend to friends and family.
S & A, Morayshire
Looking up Glen Shiel
Thank you, guys. Complete chill-out zone. Slept here like never before. Achieved
reams of work Ta.
K P, Coventry
Oh dear, KP was supposed to be coming to have a break!
Snow, snow and more snow - incredible beauty here - magical.
A R, USA
(See, it does snow)
First time here had a great week and worrying addictions to the log books! (well worth reading).
R C, London
We absolutely loved being there - it was so hard to leave! Thank you so much!
I am missing the ducklings and the log books…and the mountains…and the people
we met up there!
C B-D, Bangor
The cottage has always retains the high standards we have appreciated over
the last 14 years. The new mattresses and quilts were an added bonus!
D A, Derbyshire
Merveilleux séjour comme toujours en Ecosse!
A B, Dijon
This is unfortunately beyond what we remember of our 'O' level French, but we hope it is a compliment.
On way to Falls of Glomach
Overall the cottage has been lovingly maintained and has the feel of a timeless
cottage with plenty of fascinating information on John Fisher, his life etc.
Guests feel a part of this history, and comments are very good.
J P, Perth
Can't fault it - brilliant hol. Couldn't even improve the weather.
C C, Bedfordshire
We've already come back Hungary from Highland. We had a very nice week in the
John's Fisher Cottage, thanks for it. The cottage is a lovely house with excellent
equipment, a sweet home in deed. The view from the cottage is breath-taking.
And Mrs. Macrae an enchanting creature even if we meet in a short time and I had some language problems.
I A God, Hungary
