WE WANT TO GO NOW: SCOTTISH DREAM COTTAGE

We love visiting cold places in the early spring, just as new life is beginning to appear in the flower beds and on the treetops. Wide open skies encourage long, brisk hikes followed by well-deserved cozying near a fire. Callakille Cottage near Applecross, Scotland has been haunting our dreams and hovering on our bucket-lists for some time.

Refurbished by the designers at Papa Stour, a online contemporary craft and design store, it is gorgeously finished with antiques, wool blankets, and sheepskin throws throughout. Through the windows you see the Sound of Raasay in one direction and the Cuillin Mountains in another. One week of solitude here and undoubtedly your inner Robert Louis Stevenson will be inspired. Book a week this spring by visiting Wilderness Cottages.