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Graduation road trip: Blackaddie Country House Hotel

Trish Burgess Posted on30/08/201730/01/2019 Dumfries and Galloway, hotel, luxury hotels, restaurant, Scotland 6 Comments
Strawberries, Blackaddie hotel

When I think of our previous visit to Dumfries and Galloway last summer, what sticks in my memory is the food. Dougie and I were fortunate to enjoy excellent cuisine at all four of...

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Graduation road trip: walk from Knockinaam to Portpatrick

Trish Burgess Posted on16/08/201730/01/2019 Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, walks in Dumfries and Galloway 16 Comments
Portpatrick cliff walk

  “It’s a moderate walk and should take us an hour and a half,” Dougie announced to me, as I was happily scoffing toast and lounging about in our gorgeous holiday home, Shingle Lodge....

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Graduation road trip: Shingle Lodge at Knockinaam Lodge hotel

Trish Burgess Posted on14/08/201730/01/2019 Dumfries and Galloway, luxury accommodation, Scotland 29 Comments
Exterior, Shingle Lodge, KNockinaam Lodge hotel

“We rumbled slowly into a land of little wooded glens and then to a great wide moorland place, gleaming with lochs, with high blue hills showing northwards.”  John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps. Buchan’s thrilling novel,...

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Going for a walk in Bear Grylls’ trousers

Trish Burgess Posted on09/07/201730/01/2019 Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, Travel gear, Walking holiday 24 Comments
Dumfries and Galloway Balcary Bay

After traipsing around Snowdonia last Spring in either jeans or shorts, my man decided he needed a proper pair of walking trousers for our late summer trip to Scotland. Something more practical and waterproof...

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Places to visit in Dumfries and Galloway

Trish Burgess Posted on16/10/201628/12/2016 Dumfries and Galloway 23 Comments
Crawick Multiverse Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway is an area of Scotland that borders England and yet it can often be overlooked by visitors. After just a week travelling around the area, I would recommend turning left at Gretna Green and...

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Kelpies and kirkyards in Kirkcudbright

Trish Burgess Posted on06/10/201620/10/2016 Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland 23 Comments
Kircudbright bridge

I have always struggled with the pronunciation of Scottish place names. Dougie hoots with laughter when I read names from the map phonetically. Who knew that Milngavie is pronounced ‘mil-guy’ rather than ‘mill-un-gav-ee’? Likewise the...

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Douglas comes home to Threave Castle

Trish Burgess Posted on29/09/201615/07/2017 Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland 21 Comments
Threave castle selfie

Earlier this year readers of the BBC’s Countryfile magazine voted Dumfries and Galloway the ‘Holiday Destination of the Year’ award. You can’t have a more resounding recommendation than an accolade from such a trusted,...

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Wigtown: Scotland’s National Book Town

Trish Burgess Posted on25/09/201603/11/2016 Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland 22 Comments
exterior the book shop Wigtown

Book towns were established in 1961 by book dealer Richard Booth from Hay-on-Wye. Whilst this one is the biggie in the UK there is a smaller book town in the village of Sedbergh in the Yorkshire...

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