Gatehouse Luxury Lodges

15/10/2026

I ran out of the house a few minutes too late tonight. The best of the colour had already gone by the time I reached the gate, but even the tail end of it was worth standing in a cold field for.

This is the time of year it starts to happen properly around Gatehouse of Fleet. The evenings draw in, the sky does something different every night, and by half five you have a good reason to put down whatever you were doing and go and look.

Halloween is just over two weeks away, and the best version of it up here is the quiet one. Dark lanes, a proper night sky and nowhere you need to be.

If that sounds like your kind of weekend, The Lodges are a good place to be for it.

James.

11/10/2026

How good do these look!

09/10/2026

There's a particular kind of quiet that settles in once the last of the dishes are done and the fire's going. Nothing to check, nowhere to be. Just the woods outside and a book you never quite got round to at home

08/10/2026

Will be lovely down there today!

05/10/2026

Two quiet weeks have come up at The Lodges in Gatehouse of Fleet. Friday 16 and Friday 23 October, at Millers Hill, Silver Birch

Come for three or four nights, or take the whole week. Light the stove, leave the phone on the side and let the days go slowly. Dogs are very welcome.

Dates and prices are on our special offers page: https://www.gatehouseluxurylodges.co.uk/special-offers-luxury-lodges-scotland/

02/10/2026

The red kites have been out again this week, riding the wind over the top field. This time of year sharpens the light too, which does something to the view through the glass wall.

Gatehouse Luxury Lodges, Dumfries and Galloway.

30/09/2026

OPENING TIMES

Seven days a week – 10 am until 4 pm

We will be retiring this year and our last day open will be Saturday 31 October 2026 – in the meantime, it’s business as usual, seven days a week, 10 am until 4 pm. We look forward to welcoming you to Gem Rock during that time.

25/09/2026

Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park is one of the largest in Europe, and the lodges sit inside it. Once the clocks change you don't have to wait until midnight for it to get properly dark. Worth stepping outside after dinner if you're staying with us this autumn.

22/09/2026

Now long now, so many great people to see this year

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