Hi, we are Louisa and Anthony; we are the new General Managers at The Glencoe Hotel and look forward to welcoming you to the hotel!

The finishing touches are, as I speak, being put in place for what has been an extensive refurbishment, to say the least. When I look back on pictures that were taken before any work was undergone it's astonishing to see how far the hotel has come and how dramatic the change has been. It's hard to believe it is the same hotel! Anthony and I are looking forward to the doors opening - to light the fire for the first time, to pull the first pint - it is certainly an exciting time. This being said, we have also made the most of the time and the glorious weather we have been given to enjoy the area since we have been here.

We have been on many trips out and about to reminisce; Anthony is slowly getting fed up listening to my endless tales of childhood. I'm a west coast girl at heart and grew up only five miles away in Bunree, so returning home has been lovely. It's funny how life often takes you full circle. A trip across to Ardgour on the Corran ferry provided us with a free dinner a couple of nights ago. We had gone for a walk through some woodland and came upon a huge patch of wild, golden chanterelle mushrooms. Posh mushrooms on toast was the order of the day which tasted all the better knowing we had picked them ourselves!

We took a trip into Fort William last weekend and after much coercion from my mum went to see the Highland Hotel, one of a long list which my parents ran together many moons ago. I was reluctant to go as the place holds so many amazing memories for me that I was scared I was remembering it through rose tinted specs. Fortunately, not too much has changed, my mum actually spotted a few plants, given to her by my grandmother, that she had planted in the grounds 20 years ago! Maybe in twenty years time I'll be cajoling our children into coming back to The Glencoe Hotel to show them things that we had done!

Hopefully we aren't too far from opening now and with any luck we will be able to get the last of the furniture in this week. Then all that's left to do is get the trackies on and the rubber gloves out and give everywhere a good scrub down. Sparkling with newness and ready for opening!