What has Dumfries and Galloway ever done for us?- Kirkpatrick Macmillan “He builded better than he knew” When thinking about what Dumfries and Galloway has done for us we need to remember Kirkpatrick Macmillan. On a smithy wall in Keir Mill, Dumfriesshire, are the words “he builded better than he knew” and this was so true when reflecting back …
In true Monty Python style have you ever asked -So What has Dumfries and Galloway ever done for us? If you can’t really think of an answer you better read on! Over the next few weeks we hope to show you how much this undiscovered area of Scotland has to give and highlight its significant role in the development of …
“My experience with Mark and Lesley in both France and Belgium was emotional, informative and full of fantastic memories.” We currently have a tour advertised to the WW1 Battlefields of Belgium and France in April 2016. As experienced historians who are passionate about remembering the sacrifices made by many Scots and others on the Western Front, we have organised and …
We were contacted in April by a couple from Florida who wanted help visiting their ancestral family home. They were travelling with another couple and both women from the group were MacLellans, a Scottish Clan which originated from the quiet but vibrant fishing town of Kirkcudbright. It was their dream to make the journey to their ancestral home In Kirkcudbright …
DARLENE and LAUREN WOOD TWO DAY BRUCE FAMILY ANCESTRAL TOUR PRE PLANNING Darlene Wood from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the USA contacted us via email in May 2015 to ask if we would help look into her family history when she and her daughter were visiting Scotland in late July. Darlene had come across our website via Visit Scotland and had …
When will you make sure that you have visited them all? Most local people and many visitors will have visited the fantastic local attractions of Gretna Green, Caerlaverock Castle and Burns’ House at least once in their lifetime. However at Solway Tours we find it very frustrating that as the Gateway to Scotland we have so many fantastic places to …
This Solway Tours blog highlights 7 incredible local World War 1 stories. At Solway Tours we are passionate about bringing as many people to the local area as we can however we also believe in sharing the story of our region and its people on a global platform. Our local area played a huge role in our victory during the …
