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Christmas and New Year

We still have some availability. Why not escape the hurly-burly and let us sort out the Christmas tree and turkey for you? For full details of our unique Christmas offer, see Christmas Package. The white Christmas 2010 was magical - for pictures see Winter In Galloway and Gelston Diary.

Last Minute Availability Deals

For any full week available with less than 3 weeks to go (e.g. owing to cancellation), we generally offer a 10% discount. The best way to keep in the loop for cancellations is to sign up for our email bulletins - see below.

> 10% discount on all weekly bookings in January 2012.

Festivals and special events

See External Links (menu above) for their websites. Future dates published so far as follows:

• D&G Wildlife Festival, 30 March - 15 April 2012: a fantastic fortnight packed with daily events including Ranger-led walks, events for younger children and families, talks and presentations, etc.

What's New at Gelston

• New for 2011, annual update and plans for the season. One side of A4 as a Word document (.doc). Depending on your browser settings, the document will either open in Word (normally runs separately, while this web page remains open), or else you will first be asked to choose whether to save the file or open it.
• Bicycle hire: we now have 2 mid-sized adult bikes for roads and good forestry tracks, with simple and reliable hub gears - the old-fashioned type which you can change even when stationary or not pedalling - now apparently coming back into vogue for commuters. True mountain bikes for off-road riding can be hired locally elsewhere.

1. Gelston Diary - what's happening month by month ...
2. Email News - get on the wire for cancellation deals etc.

Watercolours of Gelston

Take a bit of Gelston home with you: watercolourist Philippa Jones has painted various pictures of the castle and estate, and these are available to buy (we take no profit on them). You can see one on the page Gelston Castle Courtyard, and one of the castle on Gelston Castle. She also made three paintings into top quality Giclee prints on watercolour paper (indistinguishable from the originals!), signed by her and in very limited editions of 10 prints only. Size 14 x 10.5 inches (excluding border). Price £90 each, unmounted but including postage & protective tube. See right for pictures. A present for someone who loves Gelston?