"Welcome to Badrallach - population 24”
The Peatcutter's Croft is run by Seori and Pauline Burnett. We are both originally from Glasgow but were lured down south to the bright lights of London where Seori was a professional musician turned architect and Pauline enjoyed many a free party as a magazine editor. After many years of living the high life, we planned to take a jaunt around the world, but, on one last climbing trip to the north western highlands, we fell in love all over again with the beauty of the area. Two years of searching for our perfect home followed before we finally found Badrallach and knew instantly that it was 'the one'.
Seori is a keen hillwalker and general outdoors type while Pauline is happiest in front of the stove, writing or looking after our three kids.
We know that when you visit Badrallach you'll love it just as much as us …
Seori & Pauline
"Living off the land - not just on it”
An integral part of living in such a beautiful location is leading a more sustainable lifestyle. Committing our family and hard-won assets to Badrallach is an important contribution to the social fabric and economy of a region which continually requires new blood to sustain a local community with a long-term future. We want to maintain our unique environment so that our guests can get the maximum pleasure out of it during their own hard-earned rest and relaxation.
The long-term aim for ourselves and our business is to become carbon neutral. Our water is sourced from the burn which runs past the house, we cut our own peat for fuel, and the croft is sustained by an extensive fruit and vegetable garden. Other produce is sourced locally and seasonally.
Future development will be to the highest possible ecological standards with all decisions taken with a view to minimising the impact on our environment, employing recycled, natural materials and alternative energy sources.
A sustainable lifestyle is a state of mind as much as a target to be met and, in a climate of increasing awareness, we feel this is the least the local community and our guests will expect from us.
"My favourite place is Badrallach, a hamlet on the northwest coast of Scotland, and a place where - come drizzle, sunshine or fog - I spent every summer holiday during my childhood. It's also, mystifyingly, deserted. Even in August, the mountainous soft-purple coast is one of the most beautiful and unpopulated places I've ever visited ..."
Travel writer Edward Marriott, The Observer's 20 Best-Kept Travel Secrets, October 2007
