Cheap season for Scotland?

[Pour1Malt]

prices fur B&B's gae oop in the summer season (June 1-Oct 1)

some B&B's arr closed frae Nov-March (Ferintosh is open a' year!)

some castles an other sichts arr closed in the winter (Oct 1-March 31)

The Edinburgh Festival (Fringe, Tattoo, an sae oan) is in August... it is Edinburgh a' it's best- but alsa a' it's busiest... book accomodation 12 month in advance....

Hogmanay/New Year many towns an villages arr a guid pairty... Edinburgh is the maist famous... book 12 months in advance... (an bae prepared fur the ootdoor pairty tae bae cancelled- it has twa years in a row noo... )

it rains in Scotland 12 months a year... the maist moderate weather is in the soothwest o' Scotland (it is the warm Gulf Stream keep things moderate...) the maist rain falls in the western he'lans...

it snaws in the higher areas Nov-March... the worst weather tends tae bae Dec-Feb...

Scotland is a wee country compared tae usa... but dinnae bae deceived...
Scotland has 790 islands an 6000 miles o' coastline (just the mainland- no countin' the island coasts) an 600 sq miles o' lochs.... Scotland has o'er 600 castles...an roon 100 distilleries... 540 golf courses... 100's o' neolithic standin' stanes an circles... an 100's o' Roman ruins...

there is literally thousands o' things tae see an dae in Scotland... dinnae think ya "HAVE TO" dae it a' in yin trip.... ya cannae see it a'!

the 'cheapest' time tae see Scotland is aff season (Oct 1- March 31)

the 'best' time... depends oan whit ya want tae see an dae... depends oan if storms arr cold temps wuid ruin yur trip... depends if ya want tae hire (rent) a car an drive yursel (an if ya want tae drive oan oan the other side o' skinny curvey, wet, snawy roads...)... depends if tons o' tourists roon ya wuid ruin yur trip....

dae ya want a Burns Supper? come end o' Jan... dae ya want golf? come summer arr autumn... dae ya want Hei'lan games? come summer... dae ya want Edinburgh Festival? come August.... dae ya want Hogmanay? come end Dec.. dae ya want castles? come spring, summer, autumn...dae ya want ta fish? hike? tour distilleries, camp oot, island hop?

see this fur whit tae dae roon Dumfries...

http://www.ferintosh.net/tourism.htm


if ya want less tourist an a 'feel' o sma' toon life... come in the aff season...

we get tourists in Dumfries 12 months a year....

slainte