[Closed] Another Drumlanrig q

Check out:
http://www.drumlanrig.com/pages/content.asp

There is loads to do if you don't want to bike, walks around the gardens, wander round the castle. There are stalls in the court yard and sometimes there is a farmers market. A great place just to chill.

Edinburgh is about 1.5 hrs drive away if you need a bit of retail therapy.

Thanks mema, hadn't really looked at the rest of the site, should have done really! We will be riding there as well though.

Geoffj, was at uni in edinburgh so been there done that 😆 Also a bit further than I was thinking of going, thanks though.

Oh well you probably know about the other place I was going to recommend as well then - New Lanark (World Heritage Village). Prolly about an hour from Drumlanrig. Not everyone's cup of tea, but I think its pretty interesting.

Culzean castle near Ayr worth a visit (not sure how close this is)

Plenty Abbeys and other historic sites in D&G if you fancy that

Visitor things to do -

Abbey - New Abbey stunning setting and ruin

Castle - Caerlaverock wonderful triangular castle with pleasant walk and reconstructed seige implements [url] http://www.caerlaverock.co.uk/ [/url]

Walks - stunning cliff walks at Balcary point or walk on water at Kippford

Shopping - Castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright are pleasant enough towns small though pretty. Marketing themselves as a food town and and an art town respectively !

PS there as also stunning riding beyond the gates of Drumlanrig - but no doubt you know that - and Rik will keep you right

Thanks everyone, some good things to think about 🙂 food town you say.....

If you go to Castle Douglas and the farmers market is on, be sure to get some Highland Cow steaks/Burgers/sausages as they are so good they could cure a vegetarian 😉

played here as a boy
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/caerlaverock/index.html

http://www.dgcommunity.net/dgcommunity/miniweb.aspx?id=310

http://www.leadminingmuseum.co.uk/

http://www.mabiefarm.co.uk/

http://www.dalsconefarm.co.uk/

http://www.scottishrallychampionship.co.uk/ 27th June

http://www.south-west-events.co.uk/

http://www.dumfries-and-galloway.co.uk/

http://www.dumfries-and-galloway.co.uk/entertainment/whatson.html

http://www.sulwathbrewers.co.uk/

http://www.guidnychburris.co.uk/output/home.asp

New Lanark is, IMO, incredibly dull. Once you've seen one spinning jenny you've seen them all. it's got a very interesting history, but it's not really worth the visit.

Wanlockhead lead mine is pretty good, though I've not been there for a long time. Not for the claustrophobic obviously.