Last week we were living a Scottish Georgian dream.. A group of friends renting an amazing stately home just south of Glasgow... Auchinleck House. It is a very large grand affair with a large number of (usually - see later) cosy sitting rooms a very large general living room - well equipped kitchen and posh dining room. It sleeps 13, there were actually 10 of us - and Dr Fred and I had an enormous room with a (faux) four poster bed.... It was only faux because the curtains were purely decorative but it was still lovely. The whole house is stunning. In keeping with its history, the furniture - while standard Landmark trust is supplemented with nice wooden closets, fancy tables and oil painted portraits pf unidentified often stern looking people. Externally its a really imposing looking building with glorious carved stone work and at each corner there is a kind of gatehouse which all have fabulous...