Welcome to Hawes Cottage.
We hope you enjoy your stay here. We have prepared this information pack to give you details of local information and what is available in the cottage. If you have any additional questions please do not hesitate to contact either Maggi or Gordon on any of the numbers given below. We also invite you to complete a short feedback questionnaire which will tell us how we can make your stay even more enjoyable in the future.
The cottages are all built on the excavations from the tunnels that carry water from Loch Katrine to the north of Glasgow. This was one of the biggest engineering achievements of the mid 19th century, details of which can be seen if you visit Loch Katrine visitors centre. This is a good day out where you can cycle round the loch or take a trip on the boat that goes the full length of the loch. Both tunnels actually meet only yards from your front door en route to Mugdock reservoir. You can follow the track of the tunnels as they cross the burns between Hawes cottage and the road end, and from the many observation points that can be seen close to the road.
Although the road is maintained by the water board, the cottages were originally built for the local forestry workers.
The Thomson family lived 10 happy years in the cottage next door, bringing up four children in that time. We would love you to enjoy the environment as much as we did, and hope to direct you towards the best places to explore in the short time you are here. It is a fantastic place for children to enjoy a freedom difficult to achieve in a city.
In 2001 we bought the cottage you are in now from our neighbour George Hawes, (hence Hawes Cottage in his memory). He was an engineer with the Forestry commission and had lived in the cottage since 1969. We took six months to renovate it. It opened for business late 2002.
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