Love The Weather

When To Come >> Love The Weather

Weather - we've got lots of it, and we like it. OK, so it's not very predictable - but where is it still predictable these days? The Sahara, maybe.

The trick is to relax and get into the weather, whatever it is. There's always a soak in a hot bath when you get back, or the steam room. And there's proper drying space for wet clothes.

The truth about rain

• It's only water - and here it's as clean, pure and fresh as can be.
• What to do when it's wet? Sometimes we fail to think of the obvious answer: get wet!! Often it turns out to be the best day of your holiday.
• Let's keep this in perspective: actually we don't have as much rain as we'd like for growing trees! Gelston is less than half as wet as Argyll, drier than much of the Lake District, lately even drier than much of England, and interestingly also drier than just a few miles inland from us. We seem to have a microclimate right here on the estate: it's often sunny here while as near as Castle Douglas, just 3 miles inland, there's fog or cloud or rain. Forecasts are often wrong at Gelston Castle.

Making the most of it

Local tips on where and how to make the most of ALL the weather.

1. Brooding Skies
2. Singing In The Rain
3. Frost And Stars
4. Autumn Mists
5. Wild Winds
6. Sunshine And Sunsets

After the weather-romp

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