TOP travel TIP-OFF: CORROUR STATION, SCOTLAND

keep in mind that scene from Trainspotting? When they go out into the Scottish countryside to that truly isolated train station? Well that’s a genuine place. It’s called Corrour Station, , as well as it’s a bit of hidden trick – a diamond among the thistles.

Our dear good friend Jimmy, who heads back house to Bonnie Scotland almost every year, discovered this location as he explored the highlands of Inverness-Shire last year.

Corrour station House is a hiker’s dream. It’s one of the most remote train stations, found on Rannoch Moor. What’s more, at 408m above sea level it’s the UK’s greatest station as well as it’s surrounded by lochs as well as mountains as well as that striking Scottish highland landscape.

I have no concept exactly how Jimmy came across this location – it’s so far from anything. It’s only accessible either on foot or by train – the nearest road is over 27km away.

Jimmy stayed the night in the Ossian Hostel down the way, however had dinner in the Corrour station home restaurant that night. It was then that he realised that there was lodging there in addition to what he told us was the very best food he’s ever eaten.

And Jimmy understands great food: he spends most of his working life living in the club level four seasons in Sydney after all.

Corrour station home was taken over by a young couple – Ollie Bennett as well as Lizzie MacKenzie – in 2012. They renovated this iconic bit station home from the hostel that it was into a lovely four-room guesthouse. Each space has an en-suite bathroom as well as they’re usually booked out 4 months in advance!

Jimmy couldn’t get a space that night, however he’s booked up for next year. He stayed one more night in the hostel though. He altered his travel plans when he discovered Ollie, who’s a expert chef, working on something out the back.

“What’s that you’re doing there?” Jimmy asked.

Ollie was smoking his own salmon, caught in one of the close-by rivers, for dinner that night. It was a no-brainer for Jimmy, as well as there were no regrets from him for his modification in plan.

We’ve tried difficult to envision the crisp, clean air, the incredible views; the pristine lochs, the impressive mountain scape, the enigmatic moors… even the pictures we’ve seen don’t seem to do the location justice though.

Corrour station home restaurant as well as Guesthouse

Opening times: Corrour station home is closed over the winter months as well as the spaces are booked out a long method in advance. £100 per night (£70 for single occupancy) includes breakfast.

The restaurant: open all the time to residents of the guesthouse: 8.00am – 10.00pm. Non-residents: 6.30pm – 10.00pm for dinner.

Corrour Estate
By Fort-William
Inverness-Shire
PH30 4AA

P: +44 1397 732236 / +44 7786 216 350
W: currour-station-house-restaurant.co.uk
Fb: @CorrourStationHouseRestaurant

This is definitely a container listing location for us. What do you believe of it? Are you a country getaway or a city break type of person?

Images courtesy of Courrour station Guesthouse.