Farming in Wigtownshire

[Danllan]

...I like to think it's a bit like Pembrokeshire and quite "English"

 

[brigadoon]

I always hanker after D&G farms

Some not all benefit from a benign climate and the gulfstream.

I like to think it's a bit like Pembrokeshire and quite "English"

Lights blue touch paper and retires

 

[Beowulf]

I grew up in Ayrshire, which isn't a million miles from Wigtownshire (where I have relatives farming, and where my only exposure to farms was).

I'll second the idea that it's in the middle of nowhere, and takes an age to get anywhere. It might as well be Mars in terms of travelling logistics.

 

[JP1]

I grew up in Ayrshire, which isn't a million miles from Wigtownshire (where I have relatives farming, and where my only exposure to farms was).

I'll second the idea that it's in the middle of nowhere, and takes an age to get anywhere. It might as well be Mars in terms of travelling logistics.

Having travelled through Ayrshire , that's hardly fair........

D&G doesn't have the mining communities either

 

[Beowulf]

Having travelled through Ayrshire , that's hardly fair........

D&G doesn't have the mining communities either

Not sure I understand what you mean. Sorry.

 

[JP1]

Not sure I understand what you mean. Sorry.

it can take an age to drive to parts of Ayrshire

 

[Beowulf]

it can take an age to drive to parts of Ayrshire

Sorry for the confusion, but I meant Wigtownshire/D&G.

It can still take an age to get through Ayrshire though, depending on origin and destination. It's a surprisingly big place!

 

[puppet]

The travel issue is only if you want to go anywhere. You should not judge it by how long it takes to travel up from Suffolk or Wales. It takes a long time to drive from Galloway to London but that does not make London remote. The travel time per mile is much shorter here as there are no traffic lights within 25 miles and no parking charges. Most of my travel is within 5 miles of home here in Galloway and I could easily get all my inputs within 30 minutes drive. The farm for sale, however, is remote even by our standards but it means being more self-sufficient and resilient which can keep costs down. There are weeks go past that I could stay at home and it is the same down there.

 

[egbert]

If someone suggests Chateau Egbert is a touch remote, I explain that it's the centre of the world....I can't help it if everyone else chooses to live in the middle of nowhere.

 

[Beowulf]

The travel issue is only if you want to go anywhere.

I suppose you're right, assuming you never want to see anything beyond your own eyesight.

If you want access to the wider world, and products not available at the local Hick suppliers, then you need to look further afield.

 

[brigadoon]

I suppose you're right, assuming you never want to see anything beyond your own eyesight.

If you want access to the wider world, and products not available at the local Hick suppliers, then you need to look further afield.

Like on the internet maybe?

 

[Beowulf]

Like on the internet maybe?

They have the Internet in Wigtownshire? Who knew?

 

[JP1]

If someone suggests Chateau Egbert is a touch remote, I explain that it's the centre of the world....I can't help it if everyone else chooses to live in the middle of nowhere.

Always tickles me. You're not that far from places.


Folks normally remark or moan how far away I live .........

 

[Cowmangav]

it can take an age to drive to parts of Ayrshire

I'm in the middle of Ayrshire and Edinburgh is 90 minutes ( Ingliston a few less ) away , Glasgow is 35-40 minutes.