tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35216694220292785762024-03-19T04:07:55.334+00:00Inshriach Housewww.inshriachhouse.comDan Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14626784678398444187noreply@blogger.comBlogger300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-44171093741924342622014-09-13T11:37:00.001+01:002014-09-13T11:37:06.142+01:00New website and blog.With the new Inshriach House website getting up and running over this weekend we have a new format for blog posts so all future installments will appear directly onto the website rather than going up here.
We havent gone away, we are just moving to a more modern platform.
See you there.
www.inshriachhouse.com
Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-6755841114000467422014-08-18T19:50:00.000+01:002014-08-18T19:50:14.760+01:00More news from the bar.
Last Friday George Clarke's team phoned to say they were in Scotland and they wanted to film the various bits and bobs we have going on at Inshriach. That was just the kick in the proverbial a**e that we needed. On Friday there was nothing in the bar apart from a half hearted attempt at the bar itself, there was also nothing but tools in what subsequently became the piano bar, and not a stick Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-79964488446049837122014-08-02T12:26:00.000+01:002014-08-02T12:57:34.646+01:00Getting on with the shop / distillery / bar etc.
We are finally making moves to sort out the farm shop and get our planning permission for the station and the barn conversion into a usable form. The latest hurdle came Hannahs hard drive with all the drawings and 5 years worth of pre planning decided to give up the ghost so everything now has to be arduously transcribed back from the printed copies.
In order to submit the application (once Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-83008141534719744182014-05-15T11:36:00.001+01:002014-05-15T11:36:38.344+01:00Lloyd Kahn - Tiny Homes on the Move, feat. the Beermoth.
A lovely book has just appeared through the post, this time from the author of the exceptional 'Shelter' and 'Homework". Tiny Homes on the Move features all sorts of amazing tales of 21st Century nomads and their creations, from trucks to school buses, boats to gypsy caravans. And it has a great big spread on the Beermoth, which is a real honour and we are mighty chuffed. Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-7942876488188147222014-05-11T19:02:00.001+01:002014-05-11T19:17:16.427+01:00Photo Location work at Inshriach. Last week we had a crew staying here and shooting the Autumn / Winter catalogue for Plumo. We did the catering, took them round, showed them all the best weather faded walls, crumbling textures, photogenic outbuildings and riverside vistas and then they got on with it.
Our new website will have a section dedicated to location work as it becomes an increasingly important and entertaining Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-56478803882696304752014-05-07T11:56:00.001+01:002014-05-07T12:03:09.087+01:00The vegetable gardens get moving.
I have been trying to get a team photo with everyone who now lives at Inshriach and even on this, the ceremonial first potato planting, we are still short of Brook and Jake. 2014 will be the first year we have had enough interested folk here to really make the most of the Edwardian kitchen gardens and at this rate we will all be eating like kings in a month or two. We will also have loads of Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-86650704397797490882014-04-09T10:38:00.001+01:002014-04-09T10:50:00.862+01:00Axe throwing at Inshriach.At Inshriach House we have never really done activities. Between Woodentom and the new crew here all that is about to change. If your idea of a good weekend is some oddball combination of axe throwing, elaborate treasure hunts, a wood fired riverside spa, tasty food and somewhere really unusual to stay then you have probably come to the right place.
Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-4585686451705196282014-03-27T08:04:00.000+00:002014-04-22T16:44:25.696+01:00The Inshriach House Spa.The farmyard has been a scene of hectic activity these last few weeks. For the last Insider Festival we built a wood fired hot tub on an arrows military trailer and a wood fired sauna in a very decrepit horsebox but we never had the chance to finish them properly. With the holiday season starting and our fancy camping business going from strength to strength we set ourselves a very short deadlineWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-34037091417163918432014-03-20T09:32:00.003+00:002014-03-20T09:32:43.794+00:00Avie-more the Movie. Thanks to Ollie who stayed here last week for this fine piece of film making.
Avie-more from Ollie Gallant on Vimeo.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-33132821080828557962014-03-19T10:36:00.000+00:002014-03-19T10:36:05.229+00:00Late availability for May - 25% off.The last 2 weeks we have available on Inshriach House before the peak Summer season kicks in are the weeks starting Monday 5th May and Monday 12th May. We are offering 25% off either full week or weekend bookings on those dates which brings them in at £2100 for a full week or £1575 for a weekend.
Email hello@inshriachhouse.com for details.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-62404767722294288662014-03-06T10:36:00.001+00:002014-03-06T10:36:04.242+00:00Jon Panniers - bespoke guitars and joinery.
Jon Panniers has been the main man on the Insider build team for the last 5 years and it took me all that to persuade him to move to Inshriach on a permanent basis. Jon is a trained luthier and builder of custom acoustic guitars and can repair and set up stringed instruments. Until we get that business established he is also happy to turn his hand to a kitchen, some shutters, set building or Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-36737438797351067692014-02-11T10:56:00.000+00:002014-02-11T10:56:28.587+00:00Badger in a hole.The badgers used to turn up in the farmyard most days at dusk, intent on wreaking merry destructive havoc amongst the chickens. That was until we trained the chickens to put themselves to bed through a high level hatch. Now the bins and compost and any food we choose to leave out are a more achievable target. This fella must have been snooping around the yard and had fallen into the inspection Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-63037833352296254562014-02-04T21:40:00.001+00:002014-02-04T21:40:11.258+00:00The Inshriach Shepherds Hut - part II. This is the shepherds hut out in position. I have been staying in it the last few nights and it is a delicious little nest. Our friend Lucy donated a little Alles stove that does a fine job of roasting the occupants and on which you can cook very small meals. Marcus the smithy folded up some steel to support the steps, Lizzie made the curtains and turned the bed into a ball-pool of cushions, we Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-41256437498794153352013-12-21T22:51:00.003+00:002013-12-21T23:00:50.489+00:00Dune film.
Here is a little film I just came across that was made while shooting this seasons Dune catalogue back in May. Recognise any of it?Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-23041647926972420622013-12-21T22:37:00.001+00:002013-12-21T23:41:27.969+00:00Introducing - The Blunder Bus.The day after the shepherds hut made its perilous journey from the farmyard down toward the March pool (it is now tucked away in the juniper down towards the bothy project - not far short of the new sauna), another project arrived to take its place. Almost immediately christened the blunder bus, this is a 1951 Bedford K type which once upon a time was used to ferry pilots around an airfield. It Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-65255019328169267972013-12-11T18:10:00.000+00:002013-12-11T18:10:53.286+00:00Availability for 2014 and tripadvisor.The earlier months of next year are booking up fast on the main house, you can have a look at our availability calendar through 2014 over on our Holiday Lettings / Trip Advisor page and if you have stayed here feel free to add to the (so far) extremely positive feedback. Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-57838305112783118682013-11-19T12:56:00.001+00:002013-11-20T22:31:36.082+00:00The shepherds hut. Huge thanks to Tim Westman, who in close collaboration with his daughter Lizzy, has built this tremendous Swedish inspired shepherds hut which made the journey from South Wales to Inshriach a few weeks ago. We are busy fitting it out down in the farmyard and next year it will be available to rent via Canopy and Stars as the fourth installment in the yurt, beermoth, bothy project saga.
You can Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-64222169044188019912013-10-24T15:25:00.000+01:002013-10-24T22:44:22.811+01:00The solar wood shed. In order to make way for the Railway station a double garage in the farmyard is going to have to come down. That in itself is no great problem except that it carries 10 not very well orientated solar panels and I don't want to put them back onto the station once it is up. The woodshed that services the yurt and beermoth is also in the station's path so on nice days we have been building somethingWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-7789798660430438292013-10-22T09:31:00.002+01:002013-10-22T09:41:58.545+01:00Dune and Bertie photoshoots.Back in May we had another shoot at Inshriach, the fruits of which are now creeping into shops and magazines and spreading across the net. The current catalogues for Dune and Bertie, as well as in store and film campaigns are all Inshriach based. They were shot by Esther Hasse, organised by the agent Terrie Tanaka and produced by Location Scotland and I will post more of the pictures and films asWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-79549712143921416462013-10-13T10:49:00.005+01:002013-10-13T10:49:45.730+01:00Homes from Homes.
And in a week of full blown press and publication, Vinny Lee's new book Homes from Home 'Inventive Small spaces from chic shacks to cabins and caravans' has just come out featuring the Beermoth. Its a beautifully researched book and full of ideas if you are planning on going down the route of building something small and unusual. Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-10731904830860792342013-10-13T10:42:00.003+01:002013-10-13T13:27:46.529+01:00Marie Claire Maison on the Bothy.
For the French speakers out there our second outing in Marie Claire Maison this year has just hit the news stands, this time featuring the Bothy Project.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-29205367372583051652013-09-17T10:07:00.003+01:002013-09-17T10:07:44.948+01:00Magazin Smak SMAK 4 - Scottish Source from SMAK magazyn on Vimeo.
Here is a wee film made here in June in association with the Polish slow food magazine Smak. You can get a little glimpse of the base camp we had set up at the March pool for the Insider and which kept everyone laid back while the railway station came apart.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-69774548394107650972013-09-10T10:32:00.000+01:002013-09-10T17:42:47.167+01:00150 years and a day.
Yesterday marked 150 years to the day since the Inverness to Perth Junction Railway (and therefore Dalnaspidal station) ran its first service. It was also my 35th birthday. My very long suffering and architecturally talented friend Hannah Buss spent the weekend here and we have finally reconfigured the station to how we want it and knocked the plans into shape. We have also done the drawings Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-56547201265703546552013-08-30T08:41:00.000+01:002013-08-30T08:42:09.810+01:00Railway Records - The Movie.
Huge thanks to Fergus Thom for coming along and dealing with our nonsense to put together this great little film of the railway coming apart and also to old pals of Inshriach and long time stars of the Insider, the John Langan Band for lending us some tunes to go with it. Next week our very long suffering architect Hannah Buss is coming to finish the drawings (not just the station, we intend Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3521669422029278576.post-88907583144141237672013-08-12T09:07:00.001+01:002013-08-12T09:26:14.523+01:00More good things - One Pot Borrowed.
Our favourite chef Allan Heaney has now opened up his One Pot Borrowed restaurant in the Old School at the Rothiemurchus visitor centre. Never has a man takn such price in serving up a fine meal. It is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and you should go there and eat something special. For bookings phone 01479780200.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09337122827298895898noreply@blogger.com0