Self catering holiday house in Kippford, Dumfries and Galloway. South West Scotland
We had a magical family Easter weekend in Kippford, with all of us present. Each of us enjoyed different activities. The highlight, of course, was watching our little grandson on the beach — toddler legs utterly determined, picking their way across the sand and shells …
The weather has been perfect, not too cold and with blue skies and sunshine. The house was lovely and cosy to return to, after walks to Castle point on Christmas Eve morning. On Christmas Eve afternoon we went on a 4×4 tour of Bainloch Deer …
Following on from a very successful ‘Cadet week’, The Solway yacht club put on a week of good racing and socialising for ‘Kippford week‘. The weather was good, with some extremely hot and sunny days and it was a great sight to see so many …
It was a gorgeous sunset when the RNLI crew went out for their weekly practice session last Thursday evening. We enjoyed watching them launch the lifeboat at the end of our driveway. Later we watched them return, from the balcony of our house. Kippford village …
On Thursday we spent an enjoyable morning at The Station House Cookery School in Kirkudbright. There are many courses available (book in advance), from basic cookery to several international cuisines. We chose to do the half day ‘Knife skills’ course and learnt which knife to …
This last weekend has been so warm and sunny. Kippford village was full of people enjoying the unusually warm March weather. Everybody seemed to have an ice cream in their hands – The ‘Ark’ probably sold out of their delicious ‘Cream of Galloway’ ice cream. …
We purchased 2 Kippford Slipway in September 2024. The house was newly built and we have been working hard to get it ready for our holiday visitors. We spent Christmas there ourselves, getting to know the house and ensuring that it worked for our visitors. …