Author Archives: Dumfries and Galloway Life

Home and away

May 12th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

Will Marshall reluctantly swapped a career in the arts to run one of Surrey’s top letting companies, Guildford Investments Limited,


Read all about it

May 12th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

A former phone box has been given a new lease of life as a tiny, open-all-hours, lending library in Crossmichael


Home is where the heart is

May 12th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

There’s no place like quite like Home, the new restaurant run by Thomas Francis and Louisa Montgomery who, having enjoyed


Born to sum

May 12th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

‘I’m really hopeful that teachers will enjoy using it; that children will enjoy it, and that it will have a


Where dreams come true

May 12th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

Featured in the June issue; Moat Brae’s £5m transformation into a national centre for  children’s literature and storytelling begins


Taking pride in our town

May 12th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

We continue our Love Dumfries campaign this month to help revitalise our capital town and to bring some much-needed TLC


Out & About

April 18th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

There are 10 pages of social events in this month’s issue,  including the Women of Dumfries & Galloway Lunch at


Luxury retreat

April 18th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

The stunning Scots Baronial-style Craigbittern House at Sandyhills has been given a new lease of life as a coastal holiday


Chef’s Special

April 18th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

This month’s chef special is a Spicy Haggis Beef Burger, by Stuart Graham of Galloway Burger House, Gatehouse of Fleet


By Royal appointment

April 18th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

Head to the former frontier town of Lochmaben, follow in the footsteps of Robert the Bruce and the King’s Kindly


See and be seen

April 18th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

‘Otters are the sleek weasel of the water: sinuous, almost eel-like and apparently boneless as they dive, swim, twist and


Hope to the High Street

April 18th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

Amid increasing concerns about the prosperity of Dumfries and calls for urgent action to safeguard the future of the High


Wild at Heart

April 18th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

The first ever Wild Film Festival Scotland, which was held in Dumfries in March, has been hailed as a success,


Dance master

April 18th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

After almost seven decades of teaching Scottish Country Dancing to people at home and abroad, Willie Little, 94, has finally


Making music

April 18th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

The Music Room in Dumfries is an ‘incubator’ for musical talent of all ages and levels, where students can learn,


Food with a view

April 18th, 2017 | by Dumfries and Galloway Life

After moving their cafe 200 metres up the hill, the team at award-winning Laggan Outdoor, near Gatehouse of Fleet, believe



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