The ear splitting fire alarm in the House went off tonight (twice). We checked throughout to see if a fire had started and couldn’t smell smoke….but decided to put the emergency plan into action nevertheless….grabbed our important documents/devices and went outside to wait for … Continue reading →

Today, Janice kindly made 2 car runs to Dumfries House to drop her guests off at this splendid estate. William Crichton Dumfries, 5th Earl of Dumfries, commissioned a country house to be built in rolling farmland to the west of … Continue reading →

We are staying in a fine example of an 18thC country villa, where the renowned biographer, James Boswell, indulged his penchant for ” old laird and family ideas”. Built around 1760 by his father, Lord Auchinleck. Once inherited by Boswell, … Continue reading →