Our favourite place in the world

I’m Helen Gray and I’ve been coming on holiday to the Cairngorms National Park with my family for over ten years. My son learned to ride his balance bike, age 3, wobbling around Loch an Eilein and is now far outstripping me (and his father), bombing down the stunt mountain bike trails at Laggan Wolftraxx.

Over the years we’ve stayed in many lovely B&Bs and self-catering cottages in different parts of the Park, and this area quickly emerged as our clear favourite.

When we saw this small development of five contemporary houses being built in our ideal location, we leapt at the chance to own one, and we bought The Green Lodge Aviemore in Spring 2018 to run as a luxury self-catering cottage. Since then I have been full steam ahead furnishing it inside and out to the highest standard for our guests and for us to enjoy as the perfect house in the perfect location.

The Old Logging Way is the start of so many epic bike rides and hikes, and it is literally on the doorstep. We love the carefree feeling of packing a picnic lunch and setting off on foot or by bike, without having to load everyone into a car, drive and then find somewhere to park before you can start the adventure, let alone having to manhandle the bikes on and off the bike rack.

I hope you make many wonderful memories here, to cherish for years to come.

Helen x

PS - we love the wood burning pizza oven so much that we bought another one for our home!