An open fire in a self-catering holiday cottage, Scotland

There's nothing like an open fire!

The weather in Scotland may not always be hot and sunny like continental Europe, but we can enjoy other sources of heat.  An open fire is something that not many modern houses have nowadays, so for many of our visitors it is a novelty.  When you book a holiday in this self-catering cottage you will be given an initial supply of kindling, coal and logs to get you started!  So many of our guests have enthused about their evenings spent in front of the fire.  Some curl up in front of it with a book, other watch films, and others still just watch the flames for entertainment.  It just adds something extra to your holiday in Scotland - sometimes the old fashioned things are the best.

Some tips on how to light a good fire:

- Scrunch up loose balls of newspaper and cover the fire grate with them.
- Place a layer of bought kindling (or dry sticks that you can gather from the wood beside the holiday cottage) on top of the newspaper.
- Lay some small pieces of coal on the layer of kindling.
- Light the newspaper, put the fire guard on, and stand back (sometimes kindling can send off a few small sparks!)
- Once the kindling begins to burn and heat up the coals, put on a little more coal.
- When you can see that the coals are turning orange, you can then put on some logs.  It's lovely to hear them crackle and smell the wood burning.  Bliss!

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