We have been away for the weekend down in the south-west corner of Scotland. The reason was to attend the Wigtown Book Festival. This is a small market town in Galloway and it deserves a pat on the back for marketing itself as a Book Town, i.e. lots of little bookshops, second-hand bookstores etc.
Once a year writers are invited to chat on stage to a host and then sign books afterwards. We attend 3 events (more on this anon when I am not so pressed for time). Most events take place in 2 large marquees erected in the main square. However one of the events took place, we discovered, in a local distillery down the road - Bladnoch.
Once a year writers are invited to chat on stage to a host and then sign books afterwards. We attend 3 events (more on this anon when I am not so pressed for time). Most events take place in 2 large marquees erected in the main square. However one of the events took place, we discovered, in a local distillery down the road - Bladnoch.
The whole day was peppered with heavy showers and high winds passing over (which proved hard going for the large tents!) However, as we emerged from an excellent talk in the distillery the sun shone and I ran into the yard and adjacent garden to snatch a few shots.
One thing they had an abundance of - rain barrels!
And not forgetting that one of the many uses of old no-longer-required barrels - planters.
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