Dallas is a large beautiful private country estate covering some 9,000 acres of heathery hills, woods, moor and farmland, lying in the fertile area neighbouring Inverness, warmed by the Gulf Stream, where the Grampian Mountains flatten down gradually into the long sandy beaches and secluded rocky coves of the coast of the Moray Firth.

Tucked away within the Dallas Estate, about 7 miles from Forres and 10 miles from Elgin, is the handsome Dallas Lodge sleeping 13+ (rents on application) and two comfortable and cosy traditional stone cottages - modernised, but still with log-fires - where you can combine a wonderfully relaxed country holiday with the pleasures of an unspoilt coast only 20 minutes drive away.

The cottages are within a short walking distance of fishing (permits available); and none more than 2 miles from Dallas village which has a PO/General store. Visitors can walk for miles in relaxed surroundings over the estate; golf on numerous courses and with a car, visit a host of interesting places nearby such as Culloden, Cawdor Castle, Inverness, all the small fishing villages along the coast or the Whisky Distilleries that proliferate along the River Spey. Further afield, Loch Ness and Fort William, Ullapool, the famous gardens at Inverewe - even Skye for a couple of hours - can be visited. Aberdeen and Inverness airports are 40 and 90 minutes away respectively, and car hire is available.

Woodbank Cottage stands detached, an old stone house backed by a small garden and wood. Heating is by open-fire and electricity. Mulundy Lodge is set amongst rhododendrons, heather, bracken and trees just inside the back drive to Dallas House - a turreted former gate-lodge with small grass garden. Heating is by open-fire and electricity.