What you may well ask does Peaches Geldof have in common with Aleister Crowley, self proclaimed 'most wicked man in the world' and former owner of Boleskine House near Foyers. Well, I am reliably informed by our local press that Peaches is also an enthusiast of the cult founded by Crowley,. Peaches sports a heart shaped OTO tatoo, meaning order of the Templars, and has tweeted a page of one of the cult's books to her 148,000 Twitter followers, adding 'oto for all my fellow Thelemites. If you are a Thelemite, you are apparently, a believer in Thelema, the religion invented by CRowley, first head of the Order of Oriental Templars... Ah, one learns something new and important every day

While Fiona and I obviously wish visitors to the Loch Ness & Inverness area to consider booking Hazelgrove as their first choice,  an interesting alternative has recently been opened for weekly rental which we feel we must also recommend! It is Dunolly House on the banks of the Caledonian Canal at Clachnaharry, former home of Scotland's most prolific civil engineer. Born in 1757, Telford not only built the Caledonian Canal but also hundreds of bridges including two over the River Severn, the Menai suspension bridge and  also the Ellesmere canal. He died in 1834.
The solid Georgian building has period features and furniture, including origonal shutters and chimney-pieces as well as offering fine views over the canal.. The house was refurbished using local craftsmen and volunteers as part of the Vivat Trust's partnership with Scottish Canals. The cost of a week's rental is around £1,100.