Barbara’s family moved to The Sheilin in Corriegills in 1968. The Owners before them had run it as a eating place and had a barn on the grounds where they held dances and had live music. These seem to have been quite legendary if you speak to the locals and we still have people coming to this day asking if this is the place where the dances/music was held as they have a memory or a story to tell. Sadly the barn was blown down in a storm just before Barbara’s Mum and Dad bought it. However Barbara’s parents still ran The Sheilin through the years as a Tearoom, B&B, and self catering before they retired. Their most famous guests were the band Slade who stayed when they were performing a gig in Lamlash Hall in September 1971 alongside Thin Lizzy and Nazareth. Barbara’s claim to fame is Noddy and Dave babysat her and her cousin during their stay!

The Pods came about as we were looking to move back to Arran and wanted to create a unique destination for adults only in a stunning location, just one mile from the ferry in Brodick. Primarily we wanted to combine the best of a boutique hotel, with the added benefit of self catering facilities. To provide a genuine quality alternative for couples and their beloved pets, with their own personal space outside and high end luxury inside, all set in our unique location in Corriegills. Set three hundred feet above sea level with glorious sea views to the north ensuring glorious sunrises and stunning views to the Goat Fell to the west.

The pods were ordered 6th Dec 2020, but due to Covid and all the repercussions of that in terms of labour and material shortages we finally took delivery on January 10th 2022. A very stressful, and challenging time – particularly getting them over to the island – for which we extend our huge thanks to Calmac Ferries. I can’t believe we actually got them here- that’s another huge thankyou to Armitage Groundworks and Struan especially for getting the pods up to Corriegills. The pods wouldn’t fit up the lane on the lorries and had to be craned off at the pier and towed up here behind a tractor. Then the work began to get the infrastructure in place, landscaping, planting and turfing all ready for our opening at the end of May 2022.