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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

What a fabulous summer it’s been, lots of sun and some decent weather for a change!  But gosh it feels a long one, so we were very ready for our later than normal family holiday when it finally came around at the beginning of October.  We took the kids to Florida in...

After a family reunion in York back in October the Reynolds spent much of the season at home, keeping on top of everything and preparing for Christmas, which is always a busy time in the household. This year the family have welcomed a new nephew into the...

Well that’s our busy season nearly over for another year although October is proving to be a very busy still. Life away from the inn continues to be the usual hectic family life. But work hard, play hard is the name of the game for us. Good fun and a lot of laughs...

William, the boys and I have enjoyed a couple of long weekend breaks over the autumn/winter.  One attending a wedding in Northern Ireland and one in Amsterdam, catching up with friends.  Christmas is always a bit mad and not a break but lovely to spend a day with each...