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Name: Phillippa Saray
E-mail address: phillippasaray@btinternet.com
Comments:Dear Ann

We stayed with you on 8 and 9 October 2011. My husband Billy and I will long cherish memories of a magical weekend with your cosy home as our base. On Sunday we attended a wedding in Duncraig Castle directly opposite on the other side of Loch Carron. The two days flew by but were all that was needed to make a deep impression on us. From the moment we opened the hire car doors to be almost knocked back by the fresh sea air, we were enchanted by Plockton and, most of all, we felt so welome in your home. Ruah and Amber seemed ok with us being under their feet too. Thank you! We would love to return some day.
Saturday, October 29th 2011 - 06:20:43 AM
Name: Joyce and Richard Bell
E-mail address: joybell26@sky.com
Comments:Thank you so much Ann for your wonderful warm hospitality received at Heron's Flight over the weekend. You spoiled us with your amazing breakfasts - what a choice!

We enjoyed our weekend very much and hope that we will be able to return before too long. In the meantime I have a couple of wonderful photos taken from the bedroom window to remind me of the superb views until we return.

Ruah is a delight and I am sure is wonderful company too. We enjoyed meeting her and Amber who loves the attention and has one of the loudest purrs! (she is a big girl afterall).

I hope that you continue to keep well and we look forward to our next visit at Heron's Flight.

Its been a real pleasure Ann and thank you so much for all your care and attention.

Kindest regards
Joyce and Richard
Monday, September 26th 2011 - 12:04:15 PM
Name: Peter & Julie Woods
E-mail address: woods@vunadewai.com
Comments:We came accross you website by accident, and hope we will be able to stay with you. The photos are fantastic, we have not been to this part of Scotland before.
: Julie & Peter
Wednesday, March 23rd 2011 - 11:20:49 PM
Name: Val Harrison
E-mail address: edharrison@btinternet.com
Comments:Heron's flight looks such a beautiful place. We are keeping our fingers crossed that you have a room available. We are joining friends who are staying in Plockton.
I have really enjoyed looking at your website - the photos are beautiful
Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 12:37:59 PM
Name: Debbie Dawson
E-mail address: debbiedawson1@hotmail.com
Comments:Love reading all your bits and pieces..... hope your health has improved and the weather is being kind to you!!! since finding your page I can't wait to come visit Plockton... Iv'e been to Scotland 5 times and would love to live there... best wishes from Australia debbie
Friday, December 10th 2010 - 02:04:51 AM
Name: Sally Spurgeon
E-mail address: Sallygspurgeon@aol.com
Comments:Dear Ann

We were so sorry to hear that you have had a bit of a setback in your recovery and that you had to miss Sam's ceremony. Remembering you as we do, though, we are sure you're getting on top of it all!

We were also sorry to hear about Sponge - we remember him so well from our visit to you in June last year. He seemed to be very much in charge of the breakfasts and was always quietly welcoming. A character of a cat!

We will be thinking of you

With our very best wishes
Sally and Ray
Wednesday, August 11th 2010 - 02:43:52 AM
Name: Timo + Rieke
E-mail address: t.olsen@gmx.de
Comments:Hello Ann,

it's a pleasure to hear that your treatment should be finished soon and we hope you will be as fit as before.
We are already counting the days to be back in plockton in august.Thanks to your advice we contacted Lynn where we will have B&B this time.We cannot wait to be back and hopefully visit you and Ruah as well.
Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 05:19:16 AM
Name: patricia schon
E-mail address: patricia.schon@web.de
Comments:hello Ann! - it sounds pretty strange, when i write a review on your beautiful B&B, - since we have been your guests in 1994, - if my memory still works well (let's hope it does)...we still speak about you! You in person, the house itself, the garden, the bay, the extremely delightful rooms you rent out! - Your hospitality is so special that we, after all those years, still quote the evenings we spent with you and the other guests at your fireplace! - so many things we liked about you and Dolan: the animals you loved so much, the craftsmenshio in the house, the intelligent and warm conversations, the exquisit breakfast - but more than everything else: the decisions you made in life to create in the end such a place, - and to share it then with people! we are grateful to have experienced this, - and although one could think, we are liars, - we promise and know in fact, we will come back!! love, patricia
: Patricia
Sunday, May 30th 2010 - 01:39:18 PM
Name: John and Breda Cordon
E-mail address: johncordon@fsmail.net
Comments:Hello Ann
Just caught up on your web site and very sorry to hear of your woes.
Hope very much that you are on the mend and although we had not planned to come to Plockton this year we hope to see you again next.
We will be in Scotland in June this year but only on a four day coach trip to go on the Jacobite Railway to Mallaig.
With our love and best wishes
John and Breda Cordon
Thursday, May 27th 2010 - 10:52:09 AM
Name: margaret and allan spencer
E-mail address: margaretsomerset@googlemail.com
Comments:Hello Ann,

delighted to hear your treatment is nearly over and your on the right side.
We arrived in Plockton for our stay and called to see you but were told that you had gone to Edinburgh, enjoyed our stay at the 'The Shieling' but it's not Heron's FLight .

Best wishes Margaret and Allan Spencer
Monday, May 17th 2010 - 01:02:16 AM
Name: Sally & John Shuster
E-mail address: sally.shuster@wavecable.com
Comments:I hadn't read your blog for a couple of months and just caught up on all of your news. Hope you are feeling alright after your treatments and will soon be back to normal. John & I didn't plan on seeing you until next year and I hadn't gotten around to sending a message about our trip this year. We are going south from the Borders instead of north to Skye as usual. Sounds as though you need the time off to heal and to get your kitchen back to workable order.

Glad to know you are doing well. A hug to Ruah and Sponge and you too!
Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 08:46:28 AM
Name: alan & Jan Walker
E-mail address: alan.walker80@ntlworld.com
Comments:Hi Ann, glad that you are back home and over the radiotherapy. Have good summer and hope to see you next year. Love Alan & Jan XX
Saturday, April 10th 2010 - 04:13:59 AM
Name: Marian & Grant Bomberger
E-mail address: margra2@comcast.net
Comments:So glad to hear of the successful treatment and the excellent prognosis. We look forward to seeing you soon (about May 8) in Plockton. Will be staying with the B&B hostess whom you suggested. In the meantime, God bless!
Marian and Grant Bomberger
Friday, April 2nd 2010 - 04:36:38 PM
Name: Joost
E-mail address: joostgeurtsen@gmail.com
Comments:Dear Ann,

I was a guest last year. The stay in your wonderful place in Plockton really inspired me. Since then I regulary checked your website for good stories.
I'm very sorry to hear about the health troubles. Want to wish you a good recovery so that soon you can again enjoy beautiful Plockton.

Greetings from Amsterdam,
Joost
Wednesday, March 24th 2010 - 11:03:37 PM
Name: Barbara and Bill Moore
E-mail address: bb001k6039@blueyonder.co.uk
Comments:Hello Ann, was thinking about you and our lovely stay with you in April 2009, remember you wanted Bill to buy the castle. When I checked out your website I found you weren't taking any guests in 2010, thought perhaps you were off to New Zealand. So I was stunned to find you will be having radiotherapy treatment, I sincerely hope all goes well and we will be thinking about you. Hope you are soon fully recovered and the travelling isn't too tiring. Best wishes for a full recovery and hope to see you in 2011.
: Barbara & Bill Moore
Sunday, March 7th 2010 - 09:02:43 AM
Name: Pam & David Nelhams
E-mail address: nelhams1@tiscali.co.uk
Comments:Hello Ann
We stayed with you a few years ago and regularly read your news page. After reading your latest news we wish you the very best of luck with your treatment and hope you will be back to full health in the near future.

Best wishes

Pam and David (Minehead Somerset)
Wednesday, February 24th 2010 - 08:10:35 AM
Name: Thea Russell
E-mail address: Thea.Russell@bigpond.com
Comments:Hello Ann

I ran into Alison during a visit to the university today (I don't go there so often now that I'm retired) and it prompted me to say a quick hello. So, have just been looking at your website and blog and indulging in a little nostalgia. Hard to believe it is over 3 years since we stayed. Wonderful memories though and I never tire of the Plockton photos coming on to my computer screen or photoframe. Ruah is beautiful and looks quite at home with Sponge. I'm sure she's a wonderful companion, although there will always be only one Yarrow I agree.

The photo on the blog looks fantastic. You have been having lots of snow we hear and Alison filled me in on your dramas with the damp wall. That certainly is a pain. Ann, I think of you quite often as I walk (or march as you would say) through the gardens at Queens Park. Like Ian and Alison, I would love it if you visited our city sometime. Hope all is well with you and your family (my word they're growing fast). I, too, have a grandson now, Jack, and he is an absolute delight.

A Scottish 'aunty' of mine used to say 'lang may your lum reek' - I'm not sure if I've remembered it correctly - but we would like to wish you all the best for 2010.
Graeme & Thea
Toowoomba, Australia.
Friday, January 8th 2010 - 03:29:49 AM
Name: Bev Baikie
E-mail address: salis@technet2000.com.au
Comments:Greetings and happy Xmas from Baringa B&B in Clontarf in Queensland where we are happy to say that we have just successfully reared two beautiful Heron chicks in our backyard. While we are basking in sunshine and plenty of it were hear that your winter is extremely cold.
Just sitting here watching Hamish Macbeth, researching Plockton and couldn't resist sending you an email as our Herons are very special to us too!!!
: Bev
Saturday, December 26th 2009 - 02:17:20 AM
Name: Pamela Power
E-mail address: pamelapower@hotmail,com
Comments:Mrs. MacKenzie, Your home looks beautiful. I hope to be able to visit this summer. I toured the British Isles and Ireland last summer and fell in love with the Highlands. Unfortunately, the time spent there was much too short. I enjoy reading your newsletter...you bring the area to life. Wishing you and your family a Very Merry Christmas, and a New Year that brings many great moments. Pam
: Pamela Power
Sunday, December 13th 2009 - 01:13:57 PM
Name: Paul J Knight
E-mail address: knightpj@talktalk.net
Comments:Mum and Dad (Philip and Muriel Knight) stayed with you around 1970. Mum and I (and my girlfriend) were due to stay with you in 1973 (?) but I crashed the car soon after Fort William which made us very late so we spent the night in the car! You did give us a wonderful breakfast though. Mum painted me a picture from a photo I took at dawn with a square rigger ship in the bay. What a memorable and magical moment. I've just found a wooden momento which says 'MacKenzie Heron's Flight Plockton' so I looked you up.
God bless.
: Paul J Knight
Tuesday, December 8th 2009 - 09:25:08 AM
Name: Favid M. Lamb
E-mail address: digger1@q.com
Comments:Hi Ann!

Just a short message of thanks for the magnificent hospitality that you and your family showed to Dana (Peterson) and I when we visited you early last month.

Your home is truly a fabulous place, and the addition of wee Ruah and the irrascible "Sponge" begging at the breakfast table made us feel all the more at home.

The rest of our holiday in Scotland was incredible, and the Lake District of England, and the mountains of North Wales were everything that I remembered from my time there (I was an exchange officer with the London Metropolitan Police for two years way backin the 1970's and first visited Scotland with mates who were all from the Strathclyde and Perthshire regions who came home at weekends to play football with their local clubs.) I have travelled much of the world and never felt more "at home" thanin Scotland. Perhaps it is because my great-grandfather came from Cowal and the heather is still "in the blood" as they say.

I plan to return in late Winter or early Spring for a bit of time doing some research for a possible visit by my Civil War Regiment (the 49th Iowa) in 2011, and to round up some family records and will stop by for a "cuppa" if in the area. You can follow the exploits of the 49th Iowa by visiting www.iowavalor.com.

Give wee Ruah and Sponge hugs from Dana and me, and I hope you have a marvelous holiday season.

Best regards,

David
Sunday, November 8th 2009 - 05:42:57 AM
Name: Jef And Christa Van den Eynde
E-mail address: jvdenuyts@hotmail.com
Comments:Hello Ann (and Ruah and Sponge),
Thanks again for your great hospitality,we enjoyed your porridge with fresh fruit and the other surprises you gave us for breakfast. But the most beautiful was the sight from our room: we were sleeping with open curtains to enjoy the view.
Next time we visit Scotland we surely will return to your lovely house.

Greetz from Belgium,
: Jef and Christa
Friday, July 31st 2009 - 04:29:40 AM
Name: Ann & Frank Primrose
E-mail address: a.primrose@btinternet.com
Comments:Just back from a wonderful holiday spent with Ann,Ruah & Sponge. We were treated like family and we wouldn't hesitate in recommending Heron's Flight to family and friends. Hope Regatta week is a success & Sam retains his trophy.
Tuesday, July 28th 2009 - 11:19:30 AM
Name: Jan & Peter Sutherland
E-mail address: jansuthy@gmail.com
Comments:Hi Anne
you won't remember us but we stayed with you over 10 years ago in 1998 after attending a wedding in Iceland. I have discovered your wonderful website and it has brought back so many memories..not that we have forgotten your wonderful hospitality and kindness. One day we hope to return. maybe when I retire from teaching or win the Lotto!.
Warm regards
Jan & Peter
Papakura. New Zealand
Monday, June 1st 2009 - 04:50:11 AM
Name: David & Sandra Duke
E-mail address: sprint-st@tiscali.co.uk
Comments:Hello Ann, Ruah & Sponge

Just a little note to say a very big "THANK YOU" again for your wonderful hospitality. So very warm and welcoming. We just love the views from your wonderful home. Simply stunning. Great breakfast as well.

The weather conditions were varied to say the least this time, but we still thoroughly enjoyed our stay and the touring around we managed to do.

We look forward to seeing you all again.

Best wishes
: David & Sandra
Sunday, May 10th 2009 - 01:53:45 PM
Name: Steve & Lou LaMontia
E-mail address: loulamontia@aol.com
Comments:Hi Ann and Ruah and Sponge,

Greetings from Colorado, USA. I was checking my email this morning and a little voice (I think it was Steven's) whispered in my ear to check the Heron's Flight website. It was wonderful to see you all and the whole Plockton area again.

We're thinking of trying to get to Scotland in 2009, the economy permitting. Do you have "our room" or any room available for April or May??

Ruah is a cutey. We loved Yarrow so much that we have his picture on the wall of our new dog grooming business. I hope he doesn't mind.

Have a wonderful off-season and "quiet" time and we hope to see you sometime next year.

Cheers,
Steve & Lou LaMontia
Estes Park, CO, USA


Tuesday, October 14th 2008 - 09:15:32 AM
Name: Jenny Duce
E-mail address: gtduce@hotmail.com
Comments:Hi Ann,
Saw an episode of Hamish MacBeth the other night and read a novel set in your part of the world recently but, even without those reminders, I think of you and your hospitality often. Thanks again for everything.
There's a decent sized croc in the weir near our place but we won't attempt to catch it for dinner if (hopefully when)you come to Townsville again(please)!
Love, Jenny and Geoff
Sunday, September 28th 2008 - 01:48:34 AM
Name: Lynn & Gregory
E-mail address: dell_lynn@yahoo.com
Comments:Hi Ann,
We would like to thank you for the warm welcome and the great time we spent in Plockton. The whole stay in Scotland was great, it's really a very nice country.

Best wishes from Belgium,
Lynn & Gregory
Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 01:52:29 AM
Name: Rieke & Timo
E-mail address: t.olsen@gmx.de
Comments:Hello Ann,

Germany has us back now since 3 hours and we are already missing the Highlands.We had never spend our holidays somewhere with such a warm welcome and this unbelieveable hospitality.We both felt in love with Scotland and especially Plockton where we found the kindest people.Thanks to "Bill,the coalman" we become Whisky lovers and we promise to come back to see you and Luah again.Please take good care,both of you
: Timo,Rieke
Thursday, August 14th 2008 - 08:38:34 AM
Name: M/M NanceJaneBrigid & John Johnsen
E-mail address: njbhunter@yahoo.com
Comments:Well, Ann (& Alison!), what a lovely place. Whenever we are in the mood (and quite a bit at that), we put on Hamish MacBeth and slouch down on our couch with some heather ale and moan a collective sighhhh. For our 5/21/06 wedding present, our best man (from Penrith) gave us a trip to the UK whenever we want, but something has always come up. First we had to close our pub (The White Cockade Scottish Pub in Boulder Creek, Calif.) cos the property owner was going into foreclosure without telling us (but one of our ghosts hitchhiked home with us!), and then this and that, but I said, John, 2009 Scotland! No more waiting! And so we give ye fair warning, Mum! Now all we have to do is fit back into our kilts from not running around a bar and pub all day...oh dearie! Your home looks luvly, Ann. I truly hope we can come see you Summer of '09. Beannacht liat Dia, agus slainte'!
: NanceJane
Thursday, July 24th 2008 - 05:49:04 PM
Name: Jim & Pat Power
E-mail address: jp02par@yahoo.co.uk
Comments:Belated thanks Ann for a wonderful stay last weekend. We truly enjoyed our stay at Heron's Flight and look forward to returning at some future date. It was also a pleasure to meet your grandson Sam and Jean-Claude and Christine, your guests from Belgium.

My only disappointment was that you wouldn't allow us to kidnap the gorgeous Ruah and take her back to Edinburgh!! Still, there's always next time!
: Jim Power
Sunday, July 20th 2008 - 01:43:14 AM
Name: neil matthew
E-mail address: neil@plantcity.co.uk
Comments:It has always been my intention to re visit your wonderfull home. I last visited you way back and was lucky to spend a while chatting to yourself and your husband in the conservatory in the days when smoking was allowed by permisioin of the owner not the government.
Your hospitality and charm were infectious as was the scenery even thou the landscape was shrouded in misty rain.

I hope your well and i look forward to revisiting soon

kind regards

Neil Matthew
Morpeth
Northumberland
: neil matthew
Friday, July 18th 2008 - 08:47:25 AM
Name: rita braeutigam
E-mail address: merkle@freenet.de
Comments:Hi Ann,
As my husband and I are planning a tour through Scotland this August I am just doing some internet research to find a place to stay for 4 to seven days and from which we can go to Skye and along parts of the west coast. The area round Plockton seems to be ideal and your B & B is very inviting. However, we have no idea whether it will be difficult to find accommodation for this time of the year. Should we book now or will it be possible to find something once we will be there?
We are looking forward to your reply.
Rita and Leo
Sunday, February 3rd 2008 - 10:16:39 AM
Name: Ticia Forsyth
E-mail address: t.forsyth2@ntlworld.com
Comments:Dear Ann

Ronnie and I hope very much to make it back to Plockton this year and stay with you in your dream B&B - the web-site and photos are very persuasive!

Regards

Ticia
Friday, February 1st 2008 - 01:42:24 AM
Name: Jenny Duce
E-mail address: gtduce@bigpond.net.au
Comments:Hi Ann and Alison,
The website looks great! Congratulations!
Geoff and I are seriously planning a trip to your side of the world in 2008, Ann, and Plockton is one of our "must-sees".
Talk to you again soon in a Christmas letter.
: Jen
Friday, November 30th 2007 - 06:30:46 PM
Name: Kath & Chris Connolly
E-mail address: kath.meikle@nhs.net
Comments:Hi Ann

Hope you enjoyed Edinburgh - it must be fantastic coming home to Herons Flight too. Thanks for making us so welcome - felt very much at home. We would have loved Yarrow and wished we'd come to Plockton sooner and met him. Our manic doggies were excited to see us as always, and had a good sniff at our clothes that had been sat on by Sponge! We'll be keeping an eye on your website and look forward to hearing of your new companion - hope all goes well.

Thanks so much again for a short but very memorable first stay in Plockton.

Best wishes
Kath & Chris

PS Forgot to tell you Chris released a trapped wren from the creels on the little harbour just beyond Heron's Flight. Might be worth checking for trapped birds occasionally, unless the owner could be asked to leave the creels open.
Tuesday, October 30th 2007 - 03:03:48 PM
Name: Jacques et Liliane Ramseyer
E-mail address: letjramseyer@bluewin.ch
Comments:Hello Ann,
We are back in Switzerland where it is raining. We are very happy for the time we spend in Scotland. It's a beautiful country and I hope we will once come again just for meetinf Ami as we are very found of dogs. I found all your letters in english and realized that it was a very good exercice to read them even if I don't understand everything. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to practice my english. I thougt that you would may be although practice your french voilà pourquoi je continue en français. Je me réjouis de revenir sur votre site pour y découvrir la suite des aventures en terre écossaise. A bientôt donc. Très cordialement Liliane
Wednesday, October 17th 2007 - 01:31:45 PM
Name: fiona and bob henderson
E-mail address: fiona@henderson7184.freeserve.co.uk
Comments:Dear Ann,
Thank you for your wonderful hospitality, we have just returned home after a wonderful stay at Heron's Flight. It was our first visit, but hopefully wil not be our last! Our bedroom had the most wonderful views of Loch Carron, it was almost like waking up on a ship!
Your breakfasts were wonderful, and the advice you gave us on trips in the area, was invaluable. We shall never forget our trip to Applecross, with such stunning views.
As many guests before us have said, Plockton just has to be the most beautiful village in Scotland!
We hope to see you again before too long.
Best wishes,
Fiona & Bob
Monday, October 8th 2007 - 11:25:41 AM
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