We had a long weekend at Nith Cottages in November, and it's a great location. There are plenty of walks and mountain biking trails nearby, as well as Drumlanrig Castle. The cottage we were in was facing the river bank and it was a lovely tranquil and relaxing location.
The cottage itself was fairly basic. It's certainly roomy, and was cosy and warm, and it would only take a few small touches to make it great. As it's promoted as self catering, I would have expected the kitchen to have been stocked with much better equipment, such as a proper set of sharp knives. And there were a few little things that were just peculiar such as the black lampshades in the bedroom which made the room dark and gloomy. Nice little touches like enough toilet paper would also have been appreciated! It really wouldn't take much to make the cottage lovely, and it did have good facilities like a utility room where we were able to leave our walking boots, which had a washing machine and such in it.
We were all keen to visit the neighbouring Blackaddie Country House Hotel for dinner on the Saturday night, but unfortunately the chef didn't really seem very willing to prepare something vegan for me, so they missed out on our booking. The menu looked lovely if you like traditional Scottish food such as venison and duck, but I couldn't speak from experience of how it actually is. Far too posh for us lowly vegans anyway!
Overall, we had a very comfortable and enjoyable stay here. read more
