You can expect a gaggle of delights at the annual Wild Goose Chase this month. The promotion run by Dumfries and Galloway Council with NTS Threave at Kelton Mains, RSPB Mersehead and WWT Caerlaverock, offers a great chance to view the thousands of geese that overwinter in Southern Scotland.
Make your way – migrate even – [...]

Art meets the great outdoors among the Striding Arches in Dumfries and Galloway where Andy Goldsworthy’s red sandstone constructions surround the natural amphitheatre of Cairnhead, deep in the Southern Uplands. Each arch has a seven metre span, and consists of thirty one blocks of red sandstone; each offers a view of the other two. Beguiling [...]

Black Galloway. No it’s not a wet day in January. Rather it’s a fine ale created by Sulwath Brewers of Castle Douglas in Kirkcudbrightshire. Possibly best known for their lighter ales, Sulwath entered Black Galloway for this year’s Camra Winter Beer of Britain Championship and were thrilled to score a silver. As you might suspect, [...]