Hi, I hope you enjoy reading Fludha's blog

Hi my names Steve and with my wife Christine we own and run Fludha which is a 5 Star Luxury Guest House in Kirkcubdbright, Dumfries & Gallway, Scotland. My posts will cover my personal view of life as a guest house owner - warts and all. Hopefully informative and (occasionally) funny.
For full details of our Guest House go to www.fludha.com

Saturday, 23 January 2010

Best Pic - Camaflaged dogs!


I took a lot of pictures while we had snow but I think this is my best one.  I even got this published on the BBC

Drinking up time at Fludha

It's amazing how B/W pics can make a glass look empty!  Thanks to my Bro for this picture
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Saturday, 9 January 2010

Snowy Sunsets


This cold weather makes for brilliant photo opportunities, I spent about an hour trudging around the house the other day taking photo's as the sun went down, hope you like them

Sledging at Fludha

Well at 55 I thought I had seen the last of my sledging days, BUT your never to old to have fun so today I seconded the re-cycle bin lid as a make do sledge and had a couple of hours fun shouting "jerronimo" and laughing till my sides ached - passers by applauded but despite being invited, no one joined me.  Never mind, after turning the drive into an ice path, I decided to go for the "giant slalom" and started sliding down our embankment I almost made it to the drive, sadly no one saw me but here a a couple of pics of me on the trainng slope!

Tuesday, 5 January 2010

Valentines Day is coming



Valentine Weekend Offer's

Saturday night(13th)
    Candlelit Dinner, Bed & Breakfast with chocolates and champagne,last breakfast extended to 10am and extended checkout until 12 noon
£90 pp
Or
Make a weekend of it
(12th & 13th) and save £20
    2 Nights Candlelit Dinner, Bed & Breakfast,(chocolates and champagne on Saturday) breakfast extended till 10 am on Sunday, plus extended check out until 12 noon
£160 pp
Supplement of £20 per night for Fludha Suite
All the above only available by booking direct on 01557 331443


Christmas Pictures

Fludha's decorated oak staircase  And Santa ofcourse

Magical center piece Christmas Candle  And Christmas Tree


A Christmas Romance?                                                    


A few "traditional" type pics.
                                                      The heavy frost coated everything making it into a magical wonderland. 

It's at this time of the year when the days are at their shortest that we get the most spectacular sunsets.




The house looked like something out of Charles Dickens with all the outdoor lights (these seem to multiply every year).





Fludha Suite upgraded for 2010



Just thought I would mention that in the main our rates for 2010 have remained unchanged (despite the VAT increase.  However we have upgraded the Fludha suite and feel that the new tariff more properly reflects the luxury this accommodation affords.  Go to Fludha's Rooms for more pictures and details.

No snow here

Well only a sprinkling anyway, but it sure is cold - here's me skating on "not" so thin ice

Happy New Year to everybody!
We had a house full of guests for Christmas so very busy – for New Year we had a mixture of guests and friends and family.  We all had an absolutely brilliant time – bonfire and fireworks, laughed till our sides split and got so drunk you would not believe before finally crawling to bed at 3:45 am! Getting up just in time to go to a new years day “ceilidh” (prounounced "Kay Lee" and its a Scottish country dance party) and start all over again. Thank goodness its only once a year!
Have a great New Year and watch out for the weather (no snow here but the ice on the pond is about 5” thick!!
NB