Dumfries Tours

11/08/2025

Sam said it. Get out in nature and heal yourself.

11/08/2025

Another wonderful day with Jim, Diane and Debbie exploring Nithsdale including a tour of Drumlanrig Castle. On route, we discovered the Covenanter connections at Closeburn at Dalgarnock Covenanted Cemetery and at Irongray. Jane Haining’s memorial at Dunscore was a poignant reminder of the sacrifices some people make for others.

07/08/2025

A lovely day out with Jim, Diane, and Debbie. Sweetheart Abbey then a beautiful lunch at Balcary Bay Hotel. After lunch it was Dundrennan Abbey where Mary Queen of Scots spent her final night in Scotland. We are now in the Selkirk Arms in Kirkcudbright before the Scottish Night at Harbour Square.

05/08/2025

So today we visited the lovely 18th Century Dumfries House with Jim, his wife Diane and his cousin Debbie. Jim and Diane live in Arizona so a slight change in the weather for them. This is Jim’s 3rd year with me and he’s coming back next year for more. More trips planned this week so watch this space.

04/08/2025

It’s not every day you meet an international superstar. But I happened to bump into Galloway’s own Sam Heughan aka Outlander’s Jamie Fraser while he was doing a video shoot to promote his Sassenach Wild Scottish Gin. An absolute gent.

22/07/2025

An excellent video blog about Palmerston home to Queen of the South FC.

I went to Palmerston Park in Dumfries, home of Queen of the South. Their stadium is over 100 years old and has an incredible history!!! ...

12/07/2025

It was my pleasure to sponsor this event. It’s great to see kids getting into sports. I hope wasn’t too hot for them.

Well done to 6 kids who took part in todays 1st D&G Red2Yellow Tour of 2025.
Big thanks to Mark at Dumfries Tours for sponsoring the Dumfries & Galloway district Red2Yellow tours, very much appreciated.
In the 10s event Lochmaben's Hannah Lorimer edge out training partner Esme Rogerson as both girls melted in the heat. Well played girls. In the reds event Dumfries duo of Blair Scott and Zara McLean were joined by Stewartry pair of Fergus Hope-Dunbar and Hamish Girgan who train with Mark Sindall Tennis Coaching & Racket Services. Again, in this heat great effort from the kids as Hamish took his first competition win with 4 wins out of 4. Fergus and Zara literally battle it out for 2nd place with that match going Fergus's way 14-12 and well played to Blair who played good points but just struggled with his serve today. Excellent start to the D&G Red2Yellow Tour start. Back tomorrow for more with 9s and 11s. Well played kids.

01/07/2025

After a late message last night, we were able to help out this lovely Carruthers family from Perth, Western Australia. We visited a number of sites associated with their Carruthers ancestors. Andrew from Solway Spirits gave us impromptu tour of his distillery. After a lovely lunch at Annandale Distillery, we visited the mighty Caerlaverock Castle. David managed to escape with his head intact despite Merciless Mick’s best efforts. A great day.