A Scottish restaurant which can only be reached by boat or a two-day hike has been put up for sale.

The owners of the Doune Dining Room on the Knoydart Peninsula have decided to retire and have put the restaurant on the market for �300,000.

Alan and Mary Robinson converted a derelict crofting cottage at the west coast location into a restaurant 20 years ago.

The restaurant used to be a croft

It has gained a reputation since then as one of Scotland's leading restaurants.

The restaurant comes with three bedrooms, two adjacent plots of land, a powerboat and views of the Isle of Skye.

A self-catering lodge next door will continue to be run by the Robinsons' business partners, Andy and Liz Tibbetts.

Mrs Robinson, 64, said: "We're in our mid-60s and we feel it's time for new blood to come in so that the business doesn't become too much for the other partners."

The couple, who previously owned a shipbuilding business, moved to Scotland from Cornwall in 1982 after spotting the cottage from their yacht while sailing off the west coast of Scotland.

'Make or break'

Their two children, Jamie and Toby, who were 12 and 11 at the time, have since settled on the peninsula and started families of their own.

Mrs Robinson said: "It's the remote situation which is the make or the break of it.

"Whoever came in would have to love the place and want to live here.

"We are only accessible by sea, you can't drive here at all. There is a public road but that doesn't come down here."

Mrs Tibbetts told BBC News Online that some potential buyers have come forward.