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Roskhill Barn
Dunvegan
Isle of Skye
Dunvegan
Isle of Skye
Oh yes - home most certainly continues to be Roskhill Barn. I mentioned on the previous page that during the winter of 2014, we undertook a massive project to re-model the interior of the building (see Home> ). Having now continued to live here for several more years in the comfort of our cosy, characterful and more spacious home, we are more certain than ever that the expense and disturbance that we went through to make the changes was all very much worthwhile. We inhabit a totally unique building with every part of it planned and designed to be the way we chose it to be.
This is not to say there may not be changes in where we live, however.
In summer 2018, we bought a property named The Old Bakery in the pretty and historic village of Strathpeffer, about 20 miles west of Inverness. (See Play>). This property is intended to be a holiday home for us, and to give us a base near Inverness where we can stay on occasions when we need to visit the city for shopping trips, car servicing, hospital appointments, and so on. Strathpeffer is located among some wonderful walking country too, so visits there for holiday breaks are also in the plan. Interestingly, having now spent time in Strathpeffer, it is very apparent that the weather and climate is significantly less harsh in the eastern Highlands than it is here on the west coast of Skye.
However, being quite small, and with no garage, The Old Bakery is definitely never going to become our permanent home.
I do have an inkling of a plan though, which could see us share our lives between Roskhill Barn and another home somewhere in the Inverness area. When Sue is retired (planned to happen at the end of 2024), and I finally run out of enthusiasm for running our holiday letting business on Skye, we will inevitably sell our holiday cottages here. I would then like to use the money thus generated to buy a modern rural property within easy-reach of Inverness, possibly on the Black Isle. We would then keep Roskhill Barn as our second home, and for a few years at least, let The Old Bakery as a holiday-let, which Sue would manage.
Sue is not keen on this plan, as she now has a number of ties to Skye. But fruition of the plan is a while ahead yet, and anything could happen in the meantime, so no decision has yet been made.
This is not to say there may not be changes in where we live, however.
In summer 2018, we bought a property named The Old Bakery in the pretty and historic village of Strathpeffer, about 20 miles west of Inverness. (See Play>). This property is intended to be a holiday home for us, and to give us a base near Inverness where we can stay on occasions when we need to visit the city for shopping trips, car servicing, hospital appointments, and so on. Strathpeffer is located among some wonderful walking country too, so visits there for holiday breaks are also in the plan. Interestingly, having now spent time in Strathpeffer, it is very apparent that the weather and climate is significantly less harsh in the eastern Highlands than it is here on the west coast of Skye.
However, being quite small, and with no garage, The Old Bakery is definitely never going to become our permanent home.
I do have an inkling of a plan though, which could see us share our lives between Roskhill Barn and another home somewhere in the Inverness area. When Sue is retired (planned to happen at the end of 2024), and I finally run out of enthusiasm for running our holiday letting business on Skye, we will inevitably sell our holiday cottages here. I would then like to use the money thus generated to buy a modern rural property within easy-reach of Inverness, possibly on the Black Isle. We would then keep Roskhill Barn as our second home, and for a few years at least, let The Old Bakery as a holiday-let, which Sue would manage.
Sue is not keen on this plan, as she now has a number of ties to Skye. But fruition of the plan is a while ahead yet, and anything could happen in the meantime, so no decision has yet been made.