Invertrossachs Country House - Country house located in the Trossachs, near Stirling. Bed and breakfast in the main house, plus luxury serviced self catering accommodation. Ideal for groups and business. Fishing on nearby lochs arranged.
Balquhidder Braes Holiday Park - Letting details for static and touring caravans, tent pitches, timber tents. Additional information on utility block, site shop and nearby restaurant.
Forth House Holidays - Details the choice of vacation accommodation available. Lists some activities in the area. Use of booking enquiry form available.
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-- Woodrow Wilson Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark
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-- Zora Neale Hurston Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
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-- Karl Barth Accommodation
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Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
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Robert Frost (1874-1963) Accommodation
I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up.
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-- Ralph Waldo Emerson Accommodation
Marriage is like a mousetrap. Those on the outside are trying to get in. Those on the inside are trying to get out. Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
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The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may
well be another profound truth.
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come.
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