To our castle near Loch Laggan

Again we are heading for Scotland, one of our favourite countries. In the aeroplane we discover that some of the memory cards of the digital camera don't work. For a moment we are afraid we won't be able to make any digital pictures, this holiday, but fortunately one 128MB stick is alright.
The pilot is a woman and according to Elisabeth we experience the best and smoothest landing ever. What should we conclude from this?

We arrive early at Edinburgh Airport and take a cup of coffee; well, more a cup with the size of a coffeepot. Together, we manage to empty one of them.

Finally we sit in 'our' small castle, the Gate Lodge of Ardverikie Estate. We had made a reservation (and paid) more than a year ago, but now we are finally inside! In the basement is a kitchen, on the ground floor the living room and upstairs a bedroom. Well, 2 in fact, a one-person bedroom and a 2-person bedroom. The staircase connecting the floors is a small spiral staircase that goes through a real turret. Just because of this turret we keep referring to the Gate Lodge as a 'castle'.

It is quite nice and comfortable inside and it is probably much warmer than it used to be 100 or 200 years ago. We feel very fine, here, like at home. The next few days we are lord and lady of the castle.

At night we have a look at our castle from outside. It is chilly, but the skies are clear. Our fairycastle looks beautiful, but we go quickly inside again, to sit in front of the fireplace.
Yes, we could live here!