Wigtownshire Holidays

19/12/2023

What a view from the top of the Merrick, the highest mountain in Southern Scotland, in the heart of the Galloway Forest Park 😍
📌Merrick, Dumfries & Galloway
📷Ted Leeming

13/12/2023

The best reasons to visit the often overlooked southwestern region of Scotland.

02/12/2023

And a reminder of our own website: www.wigtownshireholidays.co.uk

Check it out and contact us directly for the best deal...... we have Christmas and New Year availability just now 🙂

Wigtownshire Holidays provides the perfect self catering holiday cottages, located in in the Machars Peninsula, Dumfries & Galloway.

02/12/2023

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Rockpool Cottage is a truly lovely cottage set in the quiet historical Wigtownshire coastal village of Port William. It has views directly on to Luce Bay out to the Scares rocks, Isle of Man and Mull of Galloway.

02/12/2023

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Apple Cottage takes its name from the garden full of apple trees. A wonderful comfortable cottage located in the distillery village of Bladnoch, situated in the heart of the Wigtownshire Machars in South West Scotland.

02/12/2023

Come visit us and see why this area is on the cool list 🙂

Discover reasons why you should visit Scotland in 2024. Including Arbroath Abbey, Caithness and Sutherland, Port of Leith Distillery, Perth Museum and more!

01/12/2023

Another stunning morning, if nippy, in Bladnoch 🙂🌞❄️

28/11/2023

A frosty morning in Bladnoch, beautiful sunrise though 🌞

05/11/2023

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-67296609

The Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere joins the likes of New York State and the Atacama Desert.

05/11/2023

Went for 9 holes this afternoon at St.Medans, not far from Rockpool and Apple. Amazing to see these tiny spiders working together to make huge webs.

Lovely sunny day with great company 🙂

30/10/2023

Fire lit 🔥 for our guests tonight 🙂

30/10/2023

A moon hali in Bladnoch lastnight

23/10/2023

Beautiful red sky on this calm morning

18/10/2023

Morning deer 🦌 ….. in the field opposite Apple Cottage 🍎

13/10/2023

Change over and grass cutting at Apple Cottage. The sun is out and so still are the flowers 🙂

29/09/2023

It’s shaping up to be another fabulous day here at the Festival. The sunshine we ordered has arrived, just the tonic we needed after Agnes left.

Our guests this week at The Open Book are Amanda and Allison pals from California and Colorado. They have hit the ground running, selling books like they were hotdogs and still managing to squeeze in some events. They enjoyed the Language of Food event and loved hosting local authors at our Spotlight on D&G writers. They are in awe of the town and the festival and think it is like something out of a story book, magical and charming. And who are we to argue? They are really looking forward to their first ever Ceilidh, they might need some willing and patient partners to show them the ropes.

There is still time to grab some tickets to an array of bookish delights on offer today.

"the love child of John Le Carre and Elena Ferrante” is how Louise Doughty describes her new novel. A literary offspring that is guaranteed to get the pulse rate up.

Book Tickets: https://tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/whats-on/events/2023-festival/louise-doughty---a-bird-in-win

“The horror and hedonism of the siege of Paris are dazzlingly evoked in a gripping novel of self-discovery” is what the Guardian has to say about Stef Penney’s The Beasts of Paris. Catch her live today.

Book Tickets: https://tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/whats-on/events/2023-festival/stef-penney---the-beasts-of-pa

The award ceremony for Scotland’s poetry price, the Wigtown Poetry Prize is tonight, get your free ticket here.
https://tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/whats-on/events/2023-festival/wigtown-poetry-prize-event

And looking ahead

BBC Radio Scotland will be broadcasting live from Wigtown this Sunday with a special star-studded event. Tickets are free, but very limited so booking advisable.

https://tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/whats-on/events/2023-festival/sunday-morning-with-zara-janju

25/09/2023

We still have limited availability during Wigtown book festival.

Check us out on

Wigtownshire Holidays provides the perfect self catering holiday cottages, located in in the Machars Peninsula, Dumfries & Galloway.

25/09/2023

BOOKING OPEN | Join us to celebrate our 25th anniversary with a ten day feast of activities and literary events for all ages in Scotland's National Book Town

25/09/2023

It's day 4 and with a hat tip to Umberto Eco “We love the smell of book ink in the morning".

Today in non-fiction, we have Monica Macias discussing her truth-is stranger-than-fiction North Korean upbringing in Black Girl from Pyongyang, Selina Mills take us on a journey through the history of sightlessness in A Life Unseen and Merryn Glover takes on the elemental Cairngorms in The Hidden Fires.

In Our Hideous Progeny, C. E. McGill takes us on a gothic trip with their creative spin on Frankenstein, Michael Blastland shows us how Thinking in Pictures can clarify our thinking and Edward Hocknell demystifies The Greek Alphabet.

End the day with the locally set film, Stella, followed by a Q&A with writer-director Jessica Fox

25/09/2023

Monday change over isn’t so bad when the view is like this 🙂❤️

24/09/2023

It is always great fun going to Rigg Bay at Garlieston, especially when the tide is out and you draw Man Munching Monsters on the sand 🤣

Wigtown Book Festival this afternoon.

24/09/2023

Today! 1pm to 6pm
☀️Take a stroll round this beautiful exhibition of original art from six talented local artists ☀️
Liz Perry Abstract Artist Maggie Kellie Julie Houston Zoe Pearl - Textile Art & Illustration Mad Little Artist Louisa Ruthven Art

23/09/2023

23/09/2023

Good morning! Day 2 of Wigtown Book Festival 2023 and we're raring to go with a packed day of events.

This morning, Em Strang is setting the stage for a week of debut novelists. Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta brings the annual Mirrlees lecture, this year exploring the topic of Green Economics.

Heather Parry explores bodily autonomy with fiction early afternoon and Natasha Walters introduces her gripping memoir, Before the Light Fades.

There's a small handful of tickets left to see sports legend, Judy Murray, so book now before they sell out. Late afternoon brings Henry Dimbleby on why the food industry is killing us and Wigtown's favourite comedian Robin Ince is back with Books As Weapons of Empathy.

There is theatre and music tonight with The Swallow Theatre's A Room of One's Own and Rachel Walker and Aaron Jones celebrate amazing Scottish women in song.

23/09/2023

What a beautiful morning and a fantastic start to
We still have availability during the book festival from Monday 25th September and we are within walking distance!
Visit our website on https://www.wigtownshireholidays.co.uk/

15/09/2023

Change over day, grass cutting and pretend gardening. Some lovely flowers though 🙂

10/09/2023

Not far from our Cottages and definitely worth a visit 🙂

Torhouse Stone Circle is one of the best-preserved prehistoric stone circles in Scotland.
📌Wigtown, Dumfries & Galloway
📷thesilicontribesman

10/09/2023

What a beautiful morning in the garden at Apple cottage

09/09/2023

What a lovely day and what a stunning view ❤️

05/09/2023

We are delighted to be proud supporters of the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Biosphere. We value our natural environment, local businesses and our community.

28/08/2023

Nearly finished, the new door sign of Apple Cottage 🍏🍎

28/08/2023

Wow…… we love it when our guests leave a cottage super tidy and clean. Big thanks to our lovely guests at Apple Cottage, Bladnoch over the weekend. You wouldn’t have thought you been. You are all very welcome to come back 🙂👍🏼

28/08/2023

We have some availability during the Wigtown Book Festival. Look at our website for details and booking 🙂

https://www.wigtownshireholidays.co.uk/

https://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/

BOOKING OPEN | Join us to celebrate our 25th anniversary with a ten day feast of activities and literary events for all ages in Scotland's National Book Town

25/08/2023

Friday morning change over…… getting ready for our new guests 🙂

20/08/2023

Visiting Wigtownshire and love sea swimming or want to try it….. SWSA do Monday night sessions. 🙂🌊

OPEN WATER SWIM 21st AUGUST
We will be hosting another open water swim next monday the starting time is 6pm and spaces are available to book on our website and cost only £10pp: https://www.stranraerwatersports.com/

Price includes:
Wetsuit
Snacks
Hot drinks
Safety cover

This a great way for people of all abilities to try open water swimming and make the most of the natural resources Stranraer has to offer while the local swimming pools are shut for maintenance.

20/08/2023

If you're in the area today:

https://www.facebook.com/GarliestonMilitaryWeekend

Join us for a vintage themed weekend as Garlieston goes back in time to celebrate and remember its p

10/08/2023

On all weekend at Stranraer. Great viewing, particularly from a boat