The community around Wester Ross is in the spotlight for this year’s Remembrance Day coverage, with two major TV programmes covering the WWII Russian Arctic Convoys that sailed from the Loch as well as the community event on the 20th August to mark the 70th anniversary of the first convoy to Russia. This community event was organised by the Russian Arctic Convoy Museum. Donations to the fundraising appeal can be made at www.justgiving/russianarcticconvoymuseum/donate.

Several parts of this documentary including HRH Prince Michael of Kent and the veteran’s interviews were filmed here at Pool House - we were command headquarters during WWII.

Watch the BBC News Channel on Saturday, November 12 at 5.30am, 2.30pm, 9.30pm or on Sunday, November 13 at 3.30am, 2.30pm and 11.30pm.

Jock Dempster, chairman of the Russian Convoy club, was also interviewed here at the house and by the loch, for the Cenotaph parade programme on Sunday 13th (BBC1).

We were delighted to welcome Tate Taylor (director) and John Norris (executive producer) of "The Help" which is due to be released in the U.K. on the 26th October.

We wish them every success and hope the film wins many plaudits.

We were delighted that Brad Pitt chose to visit Pool House for a little R&R after filming in Glasgow. It was a real treat for staff and guests alike.

He was most impressed by the scenery in Wester Ross and although the weather could have been a little kinder, he said he would like to return again.
We would like to thank him for the lovely comments he wrote in our guest book.

We were delighted to welcome HRH Prince Michael of Kent (shown meeting local Air Cadets in the billiard room at Pool House). The Prince visited to honour the WWII veterans of the Arctic Convoys on the 70th Anniversary of the first convoy to Russia. Pool House was the Royal Navy command headquarters for the convoys during the war. The Prince gave an interview in the Campania suite to the BBC who were making a documentary on the Convoys. This is due to be televised on or around Remembrance Sunday this year.

We were delighted to be visited by the Highlands and Island branch of the TR Register today and whilst the weather didn't allow for the soft tops to go down, we hope they still enjoyed their trip to the West Coast.

We were delighted to receive invitations by Lord Soley of Hammersmith and Dr George Piskov to the House of Lords to celebrate "The Spirit of Russia" which highlighted the 70th Anniversary of the Arctic Convoys from Loch Ewe to Murmansk & Archangel during World War II. This picture shows Margaret Harrison with Jock Dempster (chairman of the Russian Convoy Club), Mrs Janet Bowen Lord Lieutenant of Ross-shire and members of the Aultbea museum committee,Mrs Jacky Brookes & Mr Francis Russell who are trying to raise funds to build a museum to commemorate the convoys and to honour the veterans, thus keeping alive this significant and remarkable piece of history.

Pool House is delighted to have been chosen as one of the 15 best British romantic retreats and the only Scottish inclusion, as featured on MSN by Mr & Mrs Smith as their "Highland Fling"!

Style: Eccentric, dramatic and homely
Setting: Loch on the wild side

Set on the shores of the west coast of Scotland's Loch Ewe, Pool House is the sort of remote retreat where you can spot an otter at breakfast and swoon over technicolour sunsets during supper. Each of the suites has views over the crystal-clear water and is individually furnished with extraordinary Victorian canopied baths and four-poster beds. The 300-year-old property was restored over two decades with reclaimed materials, and is bursting with personality as a result. For extra seclusion, wrap up warm and take a boat trip on Loch Maree. There'll definitely be a dram of whisky waiting on your return.