The Bunkhouse, at Glassie farm, Aberfeldy;
We are a family run independant Bunkhouse / Hostel.
The perfect location for those wanting a self catering unit with loads of outdoor activities on the door step, especially biking and walking loop routes.
Making this the perfect get-away to re-charge / chill-out and take in the amazing surroundings with the closest of family and friends.
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The Armadilla; sleeps 2 in either a double bed or two singles and is open until December 19th, a 2 night weekend stay is £100, in the week a 2 night stay is £80.
The Armadilla; Individuals also taken, a 2 night weekend stay is £60 or in the week its £48 for the 2 nights.
According to latest government guidelines for The Bunkhouse; Level 1 of which we are in. We can take bookings for 6 people in total from 3 different households ( under 12`s not counted in this number) or any number of people in a single family or works bubble. Then another update is due on the 28th June 2021.
Thats all we know for now, even in Level 0 we can only take 8 people from 4 different households, so we have no idea when we can operate as what was normal and as an example to take single people from 10 or more households which is the bulk of our usual clients.
We take bookings for individuals to larger groups, who all get the same unit exclusive use based on £22pppn.
New for 2022;
Newer Bunkhouse unit; this is going to be converted in to a cafe during Jan / Feb 2022, to compliment the biking park that we are developing on site, details of this can be found by searching for; Glassie Bike Park / Glassie Trails.
Bookings / Availabilities Calender updated; 20th June 2021.
Earliest exclusive use weekend availabilities
The pictures above show track building volunteers who then also test out there work, great going guys n gals.
Biking / Walking Diversification Project at The Bunkhouse;
We are now developing some of our land into what is going to be called; Glassie Bike Park, a biking park for all varieties of bikes by creating seperate areas for; Non-Technical Skills / Technical Skills / Pump Track / Skills and Freeride Trails.
As well as developing a blue rated bike track / course at the back of The Bunkhouse in the wooded area and adjoining field.This will be built by Ronan Taylor and his team of contractors from the 4th to 15th July 2021.
We also want to bring the local community together for tourism development and get the area linked up better with bike routes for Mountain to Road use bikes and everything inbetween.
Walking; We are also putting in walking routes / tracks around the farm which spur of the existing Core Path to link up with the town and from The Bunkhouse to take in the fantastic views of the valley. This has been developed in conjunction with Doctor David Ashcroft with; Walk back to fitness, a programme to get people fitter and healthire without prescribing pills. We are also working with the Upper Tay Paths Group to get core path walking routes signposted correctly and trying to fix drainage issues affecting the routes that are easily accessible from Aberfeldy and The Bunkhouse.
E-Mountain Bike Hire while your staying with us at The Bunkhouse;
We are planning on buying and hiring out some of our own Mondraker Prime E-Mountain bikes for September 2021 delivery, but as this will not be happening until September you can in the meantime get to try them out from our local supplier;
Hire an Electric Mountain bike directly from Progression Bikes of Dunkeld, just call Adam; 01350-727629, they can deliver them to The Bunkhouse ready for your stay.
"Rockdale" Self-catering cottage now available;
The ideal get-away from it all location. Hidden in a quite back road in Scone and ideally situated for tranquil countryside walks or a short drive in to Perth or as a base to explore Scotland.
Perfect for a couple or a family of 3 or 4, who are just wanting peace and quiet with your dogs. This is a fantastic cosy, dog friendly 2 bedroom cottage at Scone. Weekly bookings (Saturday entry / exit days) being taken all year round, or even shorter breaks of 3 / 4 or 5 nights available at times. Call Louise to find out latest availability and offers.
Call or text Louise with cottage enquiries only: Mob; 07715 690053.