Blogs from Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Gabby the motorhome has squeezed herself into a space on the car park at Threave Castle Gardens the home of a school of horticulture for Scotland. We found a spot right up against the hedge . Admittedly it was two spaces but it made sense to park larger vehicles out of the way there . However the car owners thought differently. Although there were plenty of car size spaces they seemed to prefer the side we were on . Frustrating because they seem to have little idea of how to think of motorhomes and park selfishly. The weather was still dreek and the rain fell steadily. Not the best of weathers to see a garden which was laid mostly to grass . Still it had to be done .. We had seen a castle , an ... read more

Dumfries might be the Queen of the South, but a number of other towns in the south west of Scotland are not to be outdone by a title. Castle Douglas is Food Town, Kirkudbright is Art Town and Wigtown is Book Town. It’s all quite refreshing really and a far better aspiration than being the town that has a Morrisons and a Tesco as a motto. We made for Food Town , which did in fact have a Tesco at the eastern end of the main street. Well, it is actually Food Town of Scotland as opposed to Europe’s Food Town, which is a distinction held by no other then Grimsby according to the sign at by the end of the M180. Man cannot live by frequenting Delis alone, but in Castle Douglas he can certainly ... read more