The Kinloch House Hotel (2 miles) is good for meals out and Blairgowrie (5 miles) has all the shops, pubs and restaurants that could be required as well as being the starting point for the Cateran Trail.

The town is known as the ‘Gateway to Glenshee’, the extensive snowsport resort (11 miles) where visitors can ski/snowboard or make use of the chairlift in milder months for hiking and munro bagging.

It is easy to head over to the Angus coastline for beachy days as a wonderful stretch of sand can be found at Broughty Ferry (26 miles) where the imposing Broughty Castle can be seen dominating the horizon. The castle is free to enter and is fascinating to wander around and find out about all of its absorbing history. It is only a short drive into Dundee (23.5 miles) if a trip to the city beckons.

The Loch of the Lowes RSPB reserve (8 miles) covers over 300 acres of the rolling landscape around the loch and is an absolute mecca for wildlife with squirrels, woodpeckers and an array of other birdlife that call the woodland home. One of the highlights of the site is the opportunity of seeing ospreys nesting with hides and telescopes provided for a proper, up-close view.

For an adrenalin rush the full or half day off-road driving at Land Rover Experience Scotland (6.5 miles) is just the ticket. They offer the chance to take on some challenging terrain in one of their Land Rovers and it is lots of fun driving up forestry tracks and splashing through deep water.

A great day can be had at Bowland Trails (6 miles) where sled rides pulled by their Siberian huskies are a real experience not to be easily forgotten. There are also highland cows that can be groomed and even hand fed.