A Slow Trip to a SCOTTISH BOOK TOWN
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- Опубликовано: 15 июл 2024
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0:00 - Wigtown & festival
1:11 - Fave bookshops
4:04 - Festival talk
5:38 - Top nature spots
6:16 - Bothy tour
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Thanks for this Molly! Did you know that there's an Airbnb Bookshop in Wigtown known as 'The Open Book' where you can stay and run their bookshop! It's so popular that it's fully booked for the next 2 years! 😉
I love this town. I have been a few times after reading the owner of the bookshop Shaun Blythell books (diary of a bookseller etc). His books are funny and an insight into working in a bookshop.
I've added that book to my list now so can't wait to read it :)
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is a wonderful book with some twists I didn't see coming. Heartbreaking and wonderfully written. Enjoy!
Oh I'm excited to read!
What lovely bookshops you have. Especially the old ones. I can imagine spending my time there. The view from your place is lovely. Thank you for taking us along👍
I loved the old books!
As an Australian & a bookseller I've been wanting to go to Wigtown for ages, after reading the owner of The Book Shop's books! Your video conveys the town so well & only reinforces my want to visit one day!
I hope you do! I've added that book to my list as well :)
Loved Wigtown when we stayed in Dumfries and Galloway. Fantastic shops and the tea and cake in Readinglasses was amazing 😊
It really is! :)
What a delightful surprise to have you take us on your trip. What a beautiful booklover's adventure. I love the mug! Sue
I'm so glad you enjoyed! :)
Wow this would of been a book 📖 lovers paradise love this thanks for showing us this Molly 💜 ❤ 😊
Loved Wigtown when I went a couple of years ago. The Bookshop is great for a browse. Was Captain the resident cat still there? Shaun Bythell the owner is instrumental in organising the book festival and is an author himself. You might find yourself in one of his books which are diaries of a bookseller.
I didn't see the cat but that doesn't mean it wasn't there! Yes, I've added his book to my list now! :)
I love that bookshop!!😊❤
Hi, I was in Wigtown last fall! (2023) had my "bucket list" trip to the UK with my sister and we rented a car specifically to be able to go to the last weekend of the festival plus, I really wanted to meet Shaun Bythell after reading all of his books. It was lovely. Probably one of the best days of my life. We stayed at the "Booktown Bunkhouse" which is a quirky little place (cheap!) and visited as many bookshops as we could. I live in Alaska and my sister lives in Spain and we met up in London. I want to go back to Scotland and Wigtown so much! I loved visiting with people there. Enjoyed your vlog, thanks
We used to live near Lockerbie so visited that area often. It is really beautiful there. I wish Wigtown had all those bookshops when we went there in the early 1980's!! Must try and get up there sometime.
Thank you Molly, such a beautiful place to visit. I love the bookshops so cozy and welcoming. Autumn and winter are my favorite seasons. We do have seasonal weather in north Portugal and frosty mornings Jan and feb but today was about 33 😳. Have a peaceful week hug to Sky 🐾 💚
Thank you for your comment lovely! :)
It sounded like a lovely break, Molly 😊
RSPB Wood of Cree looks amazing!
♥ the gently rolling Upland landscape.
It was wonderful! :)
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Ok... thats it... I'm moving to Wigtown.. WOW.. what fun..looks amazing
It really was! :)
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is one of my favourite books. Happy reading! 📖😊
We visited Wigtown some years ago and I also loved ReadingLasses, lovely cakes and very cosy.
Looks like a great place, amazing that they all manage to stay in business. The Air bnb looks lovely too
I know! Its really wonderful :)
Lovely to see Wigtown in a YT video! I used to live near Stranraer, further on down the A75, but had to move away for work. I visited Wigtown quite a few times, and been in all the shops in the video (love the Emporium!). I even fitted a kitchen once into one of the houses down the street Cafe Rendezvous is on. Speaking of which,I think the nicest Americano coffee I've ever had was there. Lovely place. Such a shame the garden centre down the bottom, near the old Wigtown town hall had to close. But as you say there a re realities to living in such a beautiful place as that.
I'm glad you enjoyed!
Another fantastic video Molly with a vist to Wigtown or maybe it should be renamed Booktown. Love 🥰 the video and Wigtown is the ideal place for Molly to visit. Love 💞Molly.
Cute little town. Book heaven. Thank you Molly for taking us along😊
It really was! :)
Eleanor Oliphant is such a beautiful book! Enjoy❤️
Looks like it was a lovely trip away Molly. The view from the b&b is gorgeous. I visited Wood of Cree and absolutely loved it.
Wigtown looked amazing for books Molly. Certainly worth a visit - loved your new mug. 😊
It really is! :)
Thank you! Love reading 📖
Im sat here going 'Oh, oh'! I just love Scotland.😊❤
All I can say is that this town is now on my bucket list as it is amazing and brilliant love it and love your brilliant channel prayers and blessings for you and your family love your Aussie family friend John 🧡🧡🧡please stay safe and healthy too
I'm glad you enjoyed! :)
@@hippyhighlandliving no problem 😉
Oh I'm so jealous of your trip to Wigtown 😊
I find your videos really cosy and sweet. Thank you.
I'm glad you enjoy! :)
Thank you Molly, really enjoyed the tour of Wigtown. We have never been there or indeed heard of how famous it is for it's bookshops. I really like the old buildings and of course all of those books! We will have to go on holiday there!!
I hope you do! :)
Wigtown is a nice little place but every time we've visited the whole place seemed too be closed!
Nice coastal walk if you go to the bottom of the square and down the lane past the church.
Tried to talk the other half into buying a small holding just further round the coast from there - still regretting my failure on that one 😄
Oh what a shame! I guess I was lucky as everything was open for the festival :)
Wigtown sounds lovely. A booklover's paradise.
It really was :)
Lovely 🌻 thank you Molly 🌷
What a lovely trip! The airbnb looks really cosy. I read Eleanor Oliphant a little while ago , someone passed it on to me and I had it around for ages as I didn't think it was my kind of thing, then I picked it up and found it quite hard to put down! We've got a Brittany book town near us called Becherel, which does a monthly fair with stalls outside every month. It's OK, there are some English books, some tea rooms and other craft type shops, it never seems to quite make it though. Perhaps I need to give it another try.
Oh I'm looking forward to reading it! That town sounds lovely :)
Looks like a wonderful trip Molly! As a fellow book lover this is now on my list of places to visit, thank you for sharing! I just love the smell of old books and old buildings. And the landscape looks beautiful too ❤
It really is the best smell :)
Thank you for taking us on this adventure with you! I loved the bookshop reviews and seeing your Airbnb! Now I have to add Wigtown to my list of must sees -- that surrounding countryside is gorgeous!
It really was gorgeous! :)
What an amazing simple trip!
Wow! Such a wonderful book town! Thank you for this lovely episode, Molly!
I'm glad you enjoyed! :)
What an amazing town - thank you for sharing!
I'm glad you enjoyed!
Loved this so much Molly. Thank you for taking us with you!xx
I'm glad you enjoyed! :)
Hi Molly! Eleanor Oliphant came to me via a friend recommendation and I loved it! Im not sure if Gail Honeyman has written other books since then: I'm almost afraid to check because that one was so great, anything after might be a disappointment! Would be interesed to hear what you thought of it.
I get that! I'm looking forward to reading it :)
Wigtown looks like a wonderful day trip. Thanks for the Merryn Glover tip. I’ve added her book The Hidden Fires to my TBR.
It really was! :)
Love England❤️
Oh no lol, please Don't say that to the Scots! I'm guessing you aren't from the UK. Scotland isn't England. You'll be forgiven I'm sure but check your geography before you visit or you'll get some hard looks.
This is a really lovely video, I had no idea about Wigtown so will definitely need to go and check it out!
I'm glad you enjoyed! :)
Great trip! Gorgeous types of nature! Cool mug!
Thank you! :)
Loved the book town! I'm going to pick up one of your book picks for my fall reading!
Aw I hope you enjoy! :)
Love your booktown keep you busy and love bothy tour
Thank you :)
❤❤❤That was cool I have been Haunting books stores myself this week. Have a wonderful week 😊
Sounds wonderful! :)
How lovely 😍 I'll have to add it to the 'to visit' list!
I hope you do! :)
This is wonderful. Thank you so much… from San Diego, California, USA.
I'm glad you enjoyed! :)
@@hippyhighlandliving Thank you!
Thank you I really enjoy all your videos ❤
Aw I'm really glad! :)
Lovely video. I’d love to go to Wigtown and the b&b looked cosy. Love the mug xx💕
Thank you! I hope you do :)
Recently read The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall. Can recommend, especially after Andrew Painting’s Regeneration
Oh thank you for the recommendation!
Why haven't I been to Wigtown? I had my second year work placement for LIS in Hawick in The Scottish Borders, so I'm surprised that I never went... Hopefully I will go there one day.
I really enjoyed Harehouse when I read it in the summer :)
I'm halfway through and loving it so far! :)
aww nice video ! i m a bookworm so this makes me happy : )
Aw I'm glad you enjoyed! :)
What a lovely tour of Wigtown! I visited several years ago and like you Molly was very taken with the book shops. However, Wigtown has a darker history. In 1685 two women were executed for their faith, tied to a stake in the firth and left to die when the tide came in. You can see the spot where this happened. Despite the charm of Wigtown this rather coloured my visit.
Oh I never knew that and am very sad to hear it.
Looked like a kinda place, Wodehouse would set his plot(s) in. ❤ from India
Indeed! :)
Have read EO is fine, brill book
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We went to Wigtown during our holiday in the summer, we loved it. Bought far too many books 😂 can I ask which shop you bought the mug in? X
It was actually in the Wigtown Festival Company shop. They had a small range of lovely mugs :)
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