Saturday 23 May 2009

Wicker Man Week, May 16th - 23rd 09 Part 1

About blooming time too - Our first trip away in the camper in 2009 was to Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland. We are big fans of the original Wicker Man film with edward Woodward and Christopher Lee, so while we were up there we visited some of the film locations.

Hoddom Castle

First stop was Hoddom Castle near Lockerbie. It was a lovely spot near the river Annan, nice walks through the grounds and a bar and restaurant in the castle itself. We only stayed for 1 night to break up our journey but we were impressed.



Kircudbright

For the next 2 nights we stayed at Kircudbright, where alot of the Wicker Man was filmed. Unfortunately the weather was rubbish, cold and grey. The good thing was there was lots to see, and the campsite was good too. It was a council owned one, just above the town.


Rachel outside Maclennan Castle at Kircudbright
Gordon outside one of the buildings used in the Wicker Man

Alleyways that Edward Woodward was chased down in Kircudbright

Brightly coloured artists houses

They served a nice glass of wine at the Gordon House Hotel !

Wicker Man Week, May 16th - 23rd 09 Part 2

Garlieston

Next we travelled west and moved on to the Caravan Cub camp site at Garlieston for 3 nights. I felt like we had one of the best pitches on the site, right next to the sea wall.

Our pitch, blues skies and sunshine...


The view of the village - Garlieston
Gordon showing his superpowers on the beach


Us on the beach in front of the campsite


Rachel on a walk to Galloway House gardens

Rachel at Galloway House gardens

Gordon and a friends down the woods

Friday 22 May 2009

Wicker Man Week, May 16th - 23rd 09 Part 3

When we were staying at Garlieston we took a drive out to Portpatrick on the Rhinns of Galloway, then down to the Logan Botanical Gardens which is where they filmed the scenes in Lord Summerisle's garden in the Wicker Man. On the way back to the campsite we detoured round the Isle of Whithorn where they filmed the scenes in the Library. A beautiful sunny day out with empty roads.








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