by Kate | Oct 2, 2013 | Events
We had a magical day in a gloriously hot and sunny Wigtown on Saturday of the first weekend of this year’s book festival. Late as usual we rushed in with the tribe to the children’s tent to see Alan MacDonald talking about his Dirty Bertie books, which...
by Kate | Sep 25, 2013 | Nature
Angus featured on Borders News last night as the first landlord in Scotland to rent woodland out to a timber tenant. The concept is based on a tried and tested British Columbian model – www.itv.com Experienced forestry consultant Mark Rowe will be responsible...
by Kate | Sep 19, 2013 | Nature
The swallows were going nuts on the lawns in front of the house yesterday – swooping and diving all around me as I took the dogs out for a walk. They must be busy preparing for their trek back to South Africa. That’s not to say we’ll be bereft of...
by Kate | Sep 11, 2013 | Kids
Here at Corsewall Estate Holiday Cottages, we’ve just launched a stupendous new wooden climbing frame for kids – big and small! It’s comes complete with a super-fast wave slide, Wendy House on the top level, a look-out area – and no look-area...
by Kate | Sep 6, 2013 | Events
We are very much looking forward to this year’s Wigtown Book Festival – a ten day literary extravaganza from 27 September to 6 October. Described as being ‘one of the best autumn literary festivals in the world’, this year there are more than...
by Kate | Jun 7, 2013 | Nature
Don’t need to go to Holland for Tulips this year. Not exactly renowned for my green fingers, I hope you won’t mind this shameless plug for our tulip urns. They’ve lasted amazingly well – pretty much 6 weeks. Must be the tropical weather...
