We had a short stay here of four nights, we needed a short break due to work commitments and the owners were very accommodating by letting us stay from Thursday to Monday.
The cottage is extremely well presented and feels more like a home than a rental property, it has a very personal feel like the owners spent considerable time and thought into making it a cozy and welcoming space. It's a very clean and uncluttered bungalow, tastefully decorated, in fact the photos on here really don't do it justice. I love the kitchen/diner with its many windows giving views of the stream that runs alongside the property over to the hills and beyond.
The cottage is in a delightful unspoilt location on the edge of the village of Straition, right at the heart of Ayrshire, a short distance from the gorgeous Galloway Forrest and it's lochs and hills. Whilst it feels a million miles from the rat run, it only takes an hour to the centre of Glasgow and Ayr is only 30 minutes away.
The separate garden with the summer house across the road is an added bonus, it gives access to the river and we used it to watch the recent eclipse, I can imagine its fantastic on a summers eve listening to the sounds of the river and watching the stars come out (the property is on the edge of one of the few dark parks, and gives one uninterrupted views of the night sky with very little light pollution).
We hope to return here in the future as it just wasn't long enough to even scratch the surface and old toll cottage is the perfect base to start your Scottish adventure from.