Vacations Blog

Scotland offers the most glorious countryside in Great Britain making it a popular vacation destination. Countless visitors decide upon Edinburgh as their main destination, while some choose something a bit different. The following article looks at Scottish vacations and a variety of things to do when in Scotland. The article also examines the Wickerman Festival.

With such an incredibly diverse countryside the list of activities is endless. Mountain climbing is highly popular, as are hill walking vacations. The most popular holidays are fishing or golf. With the country of Scotland being the birthplace of golfing it should not surprise you that that you are hardly ever too distant from at least one excellent golf course. With the Rivers Spey, Tweed and Tay you are guaranteed of a superb days fishing. But what if you want an altogether different vacation?

An increasing number of people are choosing music festivals their yearly holiday. Although nearly all music festivals are incredibly large with a focus upon making money, there are a small selection of music festivals suitable for the family, for example Tartan Heart and the Wickerman Festival.

The Wickerman Festival is an yearly music and arts festival is held on farm land close to Dundrennan in Dumfries and Galloway about 5 miles from Kirkcudbright in Scotland. The festival celebrates the classic cult British movie, “The Wicker Man which the stars Sir Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Diane Cilento, Britt Ekland and Ingrid Pitt.

The first festival took place in July two thousand and two and was put together by a local man called Sid Ambrose. With little experience of putting together a music festival it is surprising that it still exists today, especially when you consider the present economic climate. Wickerman has changed each year and, like the movie, has a cult following.

Wickerman is hugely family friendly it has a great many child orientated activities for example, numerous fairground rides, a mountain biking trail, various workshops and face painting. This fact can be verified easily by searching MSN, Yahoo or Google for Wickerman photos 2009 or simply pop along to the official Wickerman Festival Gallery.

Close to the festival site is Kirkudbright where you will discover many locations used in the film for example Harbour Cottage (the bakery) and High Street Gallery which was used for May Morrison’s post office and sweetshop. You will find that there are many places worth visiting in the area and it is really worth taking a short break here so that you may visit all of the visitor attractions. Popular destinations in which to stay include Castle Douglas and Dumfries. Bed and breakfast accommodation in Scotland is nearly always excellent and is also fairly priced and far less expensive than staying in a hotel.