A day at Tig Cottage starts with waking to daylight streaming in through the bedroom's velux windows. Come downstairs and have a tasty breakfast at the chunky wooden table in the dining room, or maybe sit in the garden listening to the birds greet the day. Have a refreshing shower in the bathroom and then it's definitely time to start the day! Maybe you're going to relax at the cottage - in which case, choose a book from our selection of classics, snuggle up in the reading chair, or lounge comfortably on the sofa, and experience what it's like to truly unplug from the world and escape into a novel.

Or perhaps you are on a working break - in which case that chunky table works really well as a desk. Connect to the wifi network (it reaches into the dining room) and set some music playing on the stereo, and you've all you need to work remotely in this beautiful area of Scotland. Be careful if you have a Zoom call with your video on, though, you might make your colleagues jealous!

Maybe you're going out to explore. Will it be the coast, steeped in history, or perhaps the majestic hills and mountains that crown the Southern Uplands? Maybe you'll take a day trip to Glasgow, or Edinburgh, or even take the ferry to Belfast for the day.

Whatever your day holds, the evening is when Tig Cottage is really magical. Light a fire as night draws in, and watch the flicker of the flame's shadows as the living room becomes truly magical. Maybe you'll choose to go outside, and gaze up at the stars that are so much brighter here due to the dark skies. Maybe you'll see shooting stars, or just trace out the constellations in all their glory under the light of the moon. Perhaps you'll see the endangered pipistrelle bats that swoop and soar at night, or hear the hooting of an owl, summoning in the night. And when you finally turn in for the night, you can hear the river's lullaby, singing you to a deep and restful sleep.