Glenfeshie Hostel Accommodation

Bed linen

All bed linen is supplied by the hostel and will be placed on the bed. At the end of your stay, please strip used beds and leave the bed linen at the bottom of the stairs.

Please leave unused linen on the beds.

Please leave the blue undersheet protector on the mattress after your stay unless they require changing.

Access

Access to the hostel is by the door at the rear of the property (follow the large walking boot sign!). There is a key box mounted adjacent to the door. A four digit access code will be advised to the party leader prior to your arrival. Please lock the key in the key box upon departure and scramble the code. It is useful if you have a torch to hand upon arrival in order select the access code

Heating

Heating of the hostel is primarily by the solid fuel stove in the common room. This will be lit 3 to 4 hours prior to your arrival during the winter months (Oct to March) and charged with anthracite. It is important we are advised of the approximate arrival time for your party in order to have the fire lit in good time. Adequate supplies of anthracite will be available in hods adjacent to the stove.

The fire needs to be riddled and recharged prior to your going to bed in order to keep it burning and approximately once every 12 hours thereafter. The riddling lever for oscillating the grate is located below the stove body on the LH side and a tool is available for operating it. The stove burns steadily with the door vents closed. In the spring and autumn months, logs and kindling are available to light the stove as required.

The male and female shower rooms have wall mounted convector heaters which should be switched on upon arrival and off again upon departure. The heater switch for the shower rooms is located in the kitchen area adjacent to the fridge.

There is no direct heating in the bunkrooms although they will benefit from the heat of the stove in the lower floor.

Fire risk

The hostel is protected by a fire alarm system which detects heat and smoke as appropriate. The control panel in located in the entrance way to the hostel. In the event that the alarm sounds, please treat it as genuine and evacuate the building. If an outbreak of fire cannot be detected the alarm should be reset at the panel by following the instructions located there.

The most common reason for the alarm going off is following excessive smoke in the kitchen. If this seems to be the case then the room should be ventilated by opening windows prior to resetting the alarm.

A fire blanket is located in the kitchen area and fire extinguishers are located strategically around the hostel.

There are two fire escapes: one is the hostel main entrance door, the second is the escape door on the upper floor at the west end of the bunk room corridor.

Waste management and recycling

There are wheelie bins located on the entrance driveway for waste and these are emptied each Tuesday. There is no collection of materials for recycling at the hostel (the recycling vehicle expends more fuel than it benefits from in the collection of recyclable material). Please take as much of your recyclable material home with you as you can.

Energy Conservation

Please switch off lights and heating when not required. Please check before departure that all lighting and heating + the drying room dehumidifier are switched off - it may be several days before the caretaker arrives to prepare the hostel for the next party.

Drying Room

The drying room is located outside the main entrance and is kept locked. The key hangs inside the hostel on the door jamb behind the main hostel door. Please replace after use. The dehumidifier has to be switched on at the wall socket in the drying room.

Utility Room

The utility room contains an additional fridge freezer which can be brought into use as required. After use, please switch off and then lodge the door open to ensure ventilation.

There is also a coin operated commercial tumble drier. It accepts £1 coins.

Kitchen

There is one gas cooker and one electric cooker in the kitchen. The fridge will be found switched off with the door lodged open. The switch is on the wall adjacent to the fridge. Please switch off the fridge and leave the door open on departure.

Emergency Contact Numbers

David or Anne-Marie Phimister

Tel:
013398 85758 (H)
07793 268737 (M)
07720 432079 (M)