would also like to see Dumfries, and possibly stay at P1M's guesthouse for a short visit. I have been invited by a distant cousin to spend an evening in Edinburgh.
Be sure to come and visit Hawick while you are here - an hour and a half by car from either Dumfries or Edinburgh - the home of the Lochcarron factory; House of Cheviot/The Hawick Sock Company; and also Kenneth Short Hosiery who make many of the kilt hose worn by pipe bands. Drumlanrig's Tower is also well worth a visit as a good example of the fortified tower house occupied by wealthy families during the era of wars between Scotland and England.