Grogarry Lodge, a Hunting Lodge on the Isle of South Uist

You get a  great breakfast, packed lunches and huge plates of excellent food in the evening.

After a hard day's fishing, a dram or three or four in front of a peat fire will send you off to bed with a fine warm glow inside.

For the week, you can treat the lodge like home.  You have access to a kitchen for tea or coffee - great for filling your thermos in the morning.

There are a couple of comfortable lounges, and a well stocked wine cellar if you require it, although we always just take our own.

Early risers can nip down to the famous Grogarry Loch for a cast before breakfast, or just stretch your legs with a stroll down to the magnificent beach.

The food is legendary, and you are unlikely, even after a hard week shooting or fishing, to return home weighing less than when you arrived.

It is very much meat and fresh sea fish though - we never had any vegetarians in the party, but I am sure they can cater for that too.

As always, the fishing can be unpredictable, but the evenings in the lodge help to make up for those blank days.