Howe Cottage

06/06/2026

👋🏻Two posts in two days! But mainly to post our faces to say thanks so much to everyone who said hello yesterday and we are looking forward to the summer!

Swipe to see how far Mark goes to make sure the cottage is truly clean 🙈

05/06/2026

We've been very quiet this month - trying to navigate life and both cottages has been a bit of a challenge. I have been looking for a bit of inspiration and where else to find it than looking out from the Grassic Gibbon Centre where we had breakfast this morning? We love Sunset Song and have a copy of A Scots Quair in the cottage if anyone fancies reading it but we happily enjoyed the food and view instead today.

Have you read Sunset Song?

07/05/2026

Through May and June we get lots of flashbacks to the cottage mid build and this is a great one.. but do you know which room??? Because we renovated from a shell it allowed us to raise the ceiling height and you can really see that here. Pop your guesses in the comments!

03/03/2026

Howe Cottage + our guests = we belong together!

A very quick changeover for a last minute booking plus a nice email in our inbox from !

14/02/2026

Lunch at .montrose today and couldn't help but take some pics of the amazing decor🦓🐆 (food was gone too quickly). Lovely service and food as ever!

17/01/2026

Multiple changeovers this week and Mark working hard to clean every nook and cranny 😅

02/01/2026

Snowy changeover day! Our guests have arrived safely and can get all cosy inside thankfully ❄️

22/12/2025

Hey, Christmas is that you?

The not so baby goats sponsoring this run towards the big day! We had a lovely couple of hours at for lunch and then to the Lunan Bay Farm farm shop where you can get some of their own cashmere products. Oh, and yes, a little visit to the stars of the show themselves.

We love supporting local and small businesses and there is just enough time to pick up some last minute gifts from independent businesses around Aberdeenshire and Angus.. which is your favourite?!

15/12/2025

Lovely coverage about our friends ChezRaphael_Laurencekirk 🇫🇷

New Laurencekirk micro-bakery opens with 220 years of family craft behind it 🍞

The Lopez family arrived in Laurencekirk with nothing but a dream and their last savings — and the town has embraced them as its own.

Read more here: https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0qrBv10

15/12/2025

Flashback to ten years ago and an early morning walk at St Cyrus National Nature Reserve. What a day to get up to watch the sunrise - it was so cold the sand was frozen!!! I say it constantly but we are so lucky to live in this part of the world with such beauty on our doorstep. Looking forward to my own rehab continuing so I can maybe catch a sunrise like this soon, definitely worth getting out of bed for.