We normally choose where we stay with care, we have been at Drummore, in the extreme south west corner of Dumfries and Galloway, in a house in the middle of a forest near Newton Stewart, at a farm, about 5 miles from Kirkcudbright, in a flat, on a farm, in Kirkcowen and since 2000 at Mark Farm, Creetown.

However, as the farm is now an equestrian centre, in 2000 we stayed at two new places. First, in a detached bungalow ( Mark Farm (left)) on a hilltop 3 miles from Creetown and later in the year in a flat attached to a farm at Kirkcowan (right).


The farm where we stayed from 1994 to 1999, and had been made welcome by Mrs Clark, is at Tarff and Eileen, myself and our big soft alsatian, Tara, have spent many a wonderful holiday. It is about 5 miles west of Castle Douglas and just before Twynholm, where the racing driver, David Coulthard, was born.

We used the farm as a base from which we visited buildings/gardens /plant nurseries within approximately 100 mile radius.


Previous holiday homes, near Drummore (left) and in the middle of a forest, near Newton Stewart (right).

Other pages give a short summery (& photographs) of the beautiful places that are to be seen in this lovely part of Scotland but by no means all.




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