ESCAPE THE TREEHOUSES AT LANRICK

Deep in a Perthshire forest are five holiday homes with a difference, combining luxury, eco-friendliness and nature in equal measure

- Catherine Coyle

Growing up at Lanrick, a 1,500-acre estate between Callander and Dunblane, had a profound effect on Simon Dickson. It made him fall in love with nature and the great outdoors, and even though he moved to London for work and went on to travel the world, he knew his heart would always be in Perthshire. “What makes Lanrick so special is the river running through it,” he says. “The Teith is spectacular. It flows from the Trossachs down to Stirling, and the biodiversity created by it and the surrounding woodlands is really unique.” Now he and his wife Louisa are back on the land that has belonged to his family for the past 120 years, having designed and built a collection of five unique holiday homes that are, quite literally, on another level.