Our Story
The Davidson family hasn’t been forgotten in Scotland and local people are proud that the area is home to the founding fathers of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company™. In 2008 three Harley-Davidson™ enthusiasts, Mike Sinclair, Maggie Sherrit and Keith Mackintosh, found the cottage, by then a crumbling ruin. This happened just in time..!
An Honest Build
From day one we knew we had to restore Netherton Cottage in a sympathetic way. There would be no point in just rebuilding the cottage if it wasn’t reflective of the way the Davidsons lived there. So great care has been taken to make sure that every slate and every piece of wood, is as close to what would have been there 160 years ago. This is Mikes story of each turn taken on his journey to restore the cottage to its former glory.
Friends of the Legacy
Over the years we’ve owned the cottage, people have been kind enough to recognise what we are doing and they want to help. Whether they have pulled the weeds up for us, or pulled out their wallets, we wanted a way to show our appreciation. Another friend was kind enough to donate our board that sits directly across from the cottage, so now we have a way of displaying those that have helped or just as importantly, ‘believed’ in us and what we’re doing.
