For local information and accommodation these websites are useful:-< www.visitsouthwestscotland.com

Birdwatchers will find the Red Kite Trail particularly interesting Red Kite Trail gallowaykitetrail.com

Keep the memory of your visit to Galloway alive afterwards with one of Phil's superb photographs. Visit the gallery at Laurieston (Open Sundays or other times by arrangement) www.pmcphotography.co.uk

Interested in an unusual Scottish souvenir? Ian Jackson makes kilt sporrans from high quality materials in his workshop at Aberfeldy, Perthshire. See his website at www.kilt-sporran.co.uk

Mountain Biking www.7stanes.gov.uk

Glasgow Information www.ga-taxis.co.uk

Rifle Range www.jacksonsrifles.co.uk

Countryside Alliance countrysidealliance.co.uk

Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society www.dghfs.org.uk

Practical Skills Training www.plasteringworkshop.co.uk

Local portrait artist, Sami Thorpe www.samithorpe.co.uk

The e-Self Catering Directory offers information and contact details for hundreds of self catering properties across the UK and further afield. e self-catering directory

Obviously we're keen for our guests to stay as long as possible in the Galloway region, but if after a stay with us you are planning to go south east, why not try a stay at High Keenley Fell Farm, near Hexam, Hardians Wall Country? www.highkeenleyfarm.co.uk