The lake house is a brilliant house for a large group or a couple of families. We were in Ireland for a wedding at castle Leslie and the house was only 5 mins from there by car and it was really easy to arrange taxis. There were 10 of us in total and the 'granny flat' meant we got some space from the kids!! Geraldine was extremely helpful and popped over a couple of times to make sure everything was okay. Didn't get much a chance to visit the local area but grampa caught 2 huge trout in the loch which we barbied that night. The walk round the loch s great too.