by Jonathan Nicholson | Jan 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
We welcome 2023 at the Allanton Inn with open arms and are ready to embrace an exciting year ahead leaving the turbulent times behind us, (here’s hoping anyway!). The Lonely Planet is recommending the South of Scotland as one of its Best in Travel Guides for 2023 so...
by William Reynolds | Jan 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Re-opening on 26th April 2021 was a relief but quite stressful still with more restrictions on numbers of households, allowed to meet and alcohol sales only being allowed to be consumed outside. Despite some cold, wind, wet and even snowy days through May, our guests...
by William Reynolds | Apr 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
Celebrating our 10th anniversary at The Allanton Inn on Sunday 8th March 2019, speculation and disbelief of a global fast-spreading virus was already circulating. William suspected things might get bad here too, but I was more complacent. Of course, no one ever could...
by William Reynolds | Feb 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
The new year saw us literally jumping into the new decade as our Danish Hogmanay guests showed us their ‘jumping off a chair’ tradition to start a new year! And then we hit the ground running…. January & February have been our busiest in our 10 years here at The...
by William Reynolds | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Your hosts, William & Katrina –here we are in autumn again and life is calming down a bit in Allanton (although all the farmers are still busy round about). The boys are back at school, the last year of all 3 at school for us! They are increasingly doing their own...
by William Reynolds | Mar 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
Well here we are again zinging into Spring and with it some welcome sunshine and record temperatures for February, incredible given last year we were buried under snow with the Beast from the East! We have had busy winter months trying to keep healthy and enjoying...