Due to a cancellation, we now have availability at Balvallioch for the week starting Saturday 1st July 2017.
Helmsdale, Sutherland
Due to a cancellation, we now have availability at Balvallioch for the week starting Saturday 1st July 2017.
The River Helmsdale opens on 11th January 2017 and there will be 10 days’ free fishing from Wednesday 11th until the following Saturday 21st January (excludes Sunday). You can register at the Thyme and Plaice and also at the Belgrave Arms Hotel. http://www.helmsdalecompany.com/.
Accommodation in Helmsdale
There are lots of lovely places to stay in the village of Helmsdale, including hotels, B&Bs and holiday cottages. For more details, please visit http://www.helmsdale.org/accommodation.html.
The opening days are very popular so we suggest you book your accommodation ASAP.
We also have some early spring fishing available in January and the beginning of February. The weeks available are:
The fishing is for two rods and available by the week only. The cost for each week is £1,006.63 inc. VAT and includes two days with a ghillie and self catered accommodation. For enquiries, please contact Diana Darwall at lettings@suisgill.co.uk or on 01752 837351.
We currently have two fishing weeks available at the start of next season on the River Helmsdale. These weeks are for up to two rods and are to be taken with Balvallioch, our cosy self-catering holiday cottage overlooking the river. The remaining dates we have available are:
For enquiries, please contact Diana Darwall at lettings@suisgill.co.uk or on 01752 837351.
In the June 2013 issue of The Field, Alexandra Henton lists the top places to stay for a perfect sporting break, and Suisgill appears high up in the list of Scottish estates.
“Finding fishing on the Helmsdale can be like finding gold”, she says. “Luckily, if you stay at Suisgill you can fish the river and pan for gold. Be advised, however, that the real gold is to be found at the end of a rod.”
Suisgill Estate and Balvallioch, our self-catering holiday cottage, get a mention in this article about Kildonan gold in The Scots Magazine.
More information about panning for gold on the estate can be found on our gold panning page. For information about Balvallioch self-catering cottage, please click here.
Click on the images below to enlarge and read the article:
The 2012 salmon fishing season has got off to a flying start on the River Helmsdale and the first fish for the river was caught on a Suisgill rod! Well done to Michael Dudgeon who caught the 10lb springer on Beat 3 last Saturday, and also to local angler Pete McMillan who caught the second fish of the season (a 6.5 pounder) on the Helmsdale Association Water.
As dog owners ourselves, we have always been dog friendly at Suisgill and dogs are welcome at all of our self-catering holiday properties. However, it is surprising the number of people who get in touch to ask if we are pet friendly, having had real trouble finding any self catering holiday cottages in the Scottish Highlands that will accept pets. Often they have tried searching online for words like “holiday cottage dogs allowed Scotland”, “holiday cottages dogs welcome Sutherland”, “dog friendly self catering holiday cottages in Scotland” or “holiday cottage dogs allowed Scottish Highlands” and not had much joy. Often it will bring up big holiday cottage websites that claim to list cottages where dogs are accepted but when you click on the page you find that you are directed elsewhere. Another frequent problem we hear about is that people often have several dogs and they find a great cottage where “dogs are allowed” but then discover that they won’t accept more than one dog.
As people often stumble across us by accident and then find out that dogs are welcome, I would like to take the opportunity to shout from the roof tops that we accept pets! Our general policy is that we love dogs but also love responsible dog owners so, whilst we try to make you and your dogs as welcome as possible, we also ask you to bear in mind that Suisgill is a working estate where sheep roam freely and that we also let our properties to non-dog-owners, some of whom may be allergic to dog hair. For further guidance about staying at our self catering properties with dogs, please visit our Guidance for Dog Owners page.
Feast your ears with this clip of the stunning performance that Rachel Sermanni gave in Kildonan Church back in August. The video was made by Timespan, who organised the concert. Enjoy!
Rachel Sermanni from Timespan on Vimeo.
The new Suisgill website is finally going live, with lots of additional information about the estate, our properties and things to do and see in the area.
We hope you like it and would love to hear your thoughts. If you have any feedback or suggestions, please email Lucy at lettings@suisgill.co.uk.