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Well, to be honest, not until Monday - I'm nabbing a cheap deal at Premier Inn at Carlisle on Sunday night so I can pop into the Dolls House Emporium store at Houghton Hall Garden Centre just north of Carlisle. Then I'm off to Drumroamin site near Wigtown for a few nights. I bottled out of the windier, west-facing sites, although some of them looked good; I just want to relax without any challenges on this trip!Drumroamin's rather flatter and more bare than the usual type of site I like, but reviews are very good; 'nice owners, dark skies, midge-free, and free hot water' sold it to me! Looking forward to exploring the area. Will be home again before the Jubilee, but might take a couple of flags with me to stick by the tent, just for fun.

Can anyone recommend any special spots they like to visit in SW Galloway?

Lots of great ideas there - thanks, folks! I'm travelling alone, but that does not preclude enjoyment of ice cream, given the weather, krazykamper.

Book shops? Oh dearie me, ailurotoo... that and DHE? (Magpie wrecker, Diane? Argh! The shame...) My debit card's in serious trouble on this trip, it seems.

Like the idea of meat and fish vans visiting the site - how very civilized! Might treat myself to a bacon butty after all - don't usually bother with fresh meat/fish when camping. (I lived in Lanarkshire for a couple of years, near Auchengray, Skyemac.)

Am planning on visiting Portpatrick, Timiano, and Port Logan, so I can go all nostalgic over the old tv series 2000 acres of Sky, for which I had a soft spot. Seems like a long time ago now!

Now I just need some decent weather...

try the mull of galloway, it is the most southerly point of scotland, you can see ireland, the isle of man and several bits of scotland and north wales ...well if it isnt cloudy.

great cafe there too

The Fish Pond at Port Logan is brilliant.