When you're siting two pods on a working farm, the direction they face is the decision you only get to make once. Ours both face south, across the farm's own fields, so the light and the outlook are the same wherever you end up staying. You are right out in the great outdoors here: it's about as far from a caravan park as glamping gets.
What's actually in front of you
- South-facing decking on both the Rose Pod and the Thistle Pod
- Sheep and cattle grazing right up to the fence line
- Open, uninterrupted countryside, with no other buildings in view
- Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, Scotland's first National Park, on the doorstep
- Quiet enough to hear the farm wake up
- A different sky every evening
The animals are not a feature, they're the farm
Ballagan Farm still runs sheep and cattle in the fields around the pods, so don't be surprised to wake up to them grazing just beyond the fence. That's not a set dressing we arrange for guests. It's the reason the farm has been here for three generations, and the pods were fitted around it rather than the other way round.
Why it matters more than you'd think
South-facing means the decking gets the sun for most of the day, which is what makes an outdoor hot tub worth having rather than a thing you use once. The Rose Pod's tub sits open to the sky on that decking with an umbrella and a chiminea; the Thistle Pod's sits under a gazebo with rattan seating alongside. Both look out at the same fields.
The photos only get you so far with this one. If you want to know what the outlook is like on a particular week, ask us — we live here.
