Newton Stewart

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Creebridge House Hotel

Between Christmas and New Year 2019 we spent three nights in the Creebridge House Hotel in Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway. Apart from this one photograph of the hotel (which was excellent, by the way) we don’t seem to have taken any pictures of Newton Stewart during the day, but the it looked very pretty by night as you can see below.

Newton Stewart at Christmas
Newton Stewart at Christmas
Newton Stewart at Christmas
Newton Stewart at Christmas
Newton Stewart at Christmas
Newton Stewart at Christmas
Newton Stewart at Christmas
Newton Stewart at Christmas
Newton Stewart at Christmas

On the way there and back we stopped both times for lunch in the excellent Balkenna Tearoom just outside Girvan on the Ayrshire coast. I loved their quirky collection of teapots, of which this is a small selection.

On the way home we also stopped in Girvan because the views over to Ailsa Craig and Arran were just stunning.

Ailsa Craig from Girvan
Arran from Girvan
Arran from Girvan

In the next couple of posts, I’ll tell you what we got up to during our short stay.

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  1. Great teapots! I really like the elephant one, especially because it seems to just show elephants being elephants. It can be challenging to find elephant themed stuff that doesn’t encourage their exploitation! I’ve seen a lot of otherwise cute circus print dresses and things over the years, but I refuse to buy anything that shows elephants doing circus tricks etc, because I find it depressing and don’t want to be promoting that kind of animal abuse, even in a fabric!

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    • Only another three of recent material though, and the retrospective Australian story I was about to start writing when we spoke hasn’t got very far. So I might be joining you in July, but not every day. It struck me that the masses of photos accumulating in lockdown would lend themselves to a Perspectives on Glasgow series, so watch this space!

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  6. I’d love to stay at that hotel! And your photos are wonderful. I especially appreciate them now that I can’t travel….it’s fun to see the photos of the places I’d visit if I could!

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  7. Such a lovely place to visit, especially with the Christmas lights and Santa on a bench. Love the teapot collection too. I have a friend here who has teapots on a high shelf all around her kitchen. When i look at them, I silently wonder how they get dusted. 😀

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  9. Night pix look lovely and I’m glad to see Santa has a day-job as well as his ‘handing out presents’ one which always seemed a doddle to me. The wellies set his outfit off to a T…

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  11. Lovely photos Anabel. That hotel looks so appealing. I’m seriously in need of a few days away and am hoping we don’t have an escalation of Covid that stops me visiting my dad next month.

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    • I hope not! I feel that need too: the cottage we have booked in August (postponed from Easter) is looking a likely prospect at the moment if the Covidiots behave themselves. Police closed Kelvingrove Park yesterday because of huge gatherings, but there’s a thunderstorm going on today so only the most intrepid would gather in that!

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  13. An intriguing place to stay! Blue skies, tasty lunches, and lots of lights between Christmas and New Years. Sounds like the perfect combination to me. Especially since there were activities to be had as well… in your next post. 🙂

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  14. Passed through N.S. quite a few times on the way to other places over the years but it’s telling we,ve never stopped there to look around. Your photos make it appear interesting though. It’s a funny place without any real centre to it…. but maybe that’s just my impression.

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  18. I love the teapot collection, Annabel. I have a much smaller, slightly less quirky collection of teapots myself. This is a great reminder for me to search out a truly quirky one. I look forward to reading what you got up to during your short stay.

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  19. I think I have been to Newton Stewart when I was a wee one ( my family always had one touring caravan holiday a year round Scotland) but I don’t much remember it. In more recent times though Wil and I stayed at Castle Kennedy in Dumfries & Galloway and had a lovely week there. We did go out for a drive somewhere one day and saw views of Ailsa Craig, which reminded me of a Tunnocks tea cake. X

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  21. I’ll be going there when I get to walking that bit of the coast. At least I have a recommendation of somewhere to stay! I should have made it to Girvan on one of my cancelled trips from earlier in the year, though I did see Ailsa Craig further north along the coast.

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  22. We loved our week in Dumfries and Galloway, and that hotel does look very attractive. I’d love to go up the coast in Ayrshire – those views are incredible.

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