Finglen House Bed and Breakfast

All this 40 minutes from Glasgow. Douglas, a documentary film maker, knows the Highlands and Islands well; he and Sabrina are fun and wonderful hosts.

The Campsie Hills rise behind (climb them and you can see Loch Lomond), the Fin Burn takes a two-mile tumble down the hill into the garden, and herons and wagtails can be spotted from the breakfast table. Sabrina's designer flair gives an easy, graceful comfort to the whole house: good beds in stylish rooms, proper linen, French touches, eclectic art and cast-iron

baths. Plenty of walks from the door, golf courses close by too; return to a log fire in the elegant drawing room.