Author Archives: Charles Dixon-Spain

We’re Adding More Products …

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Frosty Fern Poster

From posters to bracelets, from tartan to stationery, over the next couple of weeks you will find a whole host of new merchandise for Lairds and Ladies.

Our posters will be photographs at A3, A4 and A5 size on glossy photographic paper and include all the classic images of the castle and grounds as well as many more you may not have seen. We’ll be adding more and more over the next month so keep checking back!

Our jewellery, including bracelets, in sterling silver and semi-precious stones, is a lovely Scots addition to any Lady’s repertoire of glamourous accessories for Ceilidh and dinner party alike.

Coming soon are the tartan you’ll probably know about, and also our stationery! This is a direct response to requests from Lairds and Ladies who wish to buy business cards and stationery from us, rather than having to get it printed themselves.

We love to help, and we would love more suggestions, so let us know.

Dunans Rising is Registered!

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We’re delighted to announce that our tartan, Dunans Rising, is registered with the Register of tartans, here.

As the tartan is meant for ” … only for the use of those who have aided the restoration of Dunans Castle … ” all Lairds and Ladies qualify.

In celebration we have changed the background of this site to the tartan!

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Tours have started …

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and we have already welcomed some wonderful folks to Dunans. Lairds and Ladies from Finland, Denmark, the US and Australia (among many other countries) have taken their free tour, and brought lots of their friends too. Stand-out among them all was Laird Jesper, a gentleman I was privileged to take on a tour mid-April. Laird Jesper’s parents brought him along, and I had a lovely time introducing him to his plot on the Lairds’ Island.

We have a Dunans Tartan!

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Yesterday Sadie and myself went over to Bute Fabrics in Rothesay to see / touch / delight in the new Dunans tartan for Lairds and Ladies. It is beautiful — I think you can see from our expressions how wonderful the tartan is in real life. The folks at Bute Fabric have done us proud! The tartan will be available to buy shortly from this site, and garments are about to be commissioned, so come back here soon to see how lovely the tartan looks as kilts, jackets and ties!

Storm Force Blizzards Fell Trees at Dunans

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Well, it seems to happen every year, but this year its been later than usual. A Storm Force two-day blizzard hit Scotland over the weekend and felled several trees at Dunans – one of which fell right across the drive and is pictured below. We have Chris working on it at the moment, but for several hours on Friday we couldn’t get out, so yours truly dusted off his ear defenders and trusty chainsaw and spent four hours clearing it. As a friend on Facebook commented, “On the upside, your woodburner will be roaring next winter…”

Designing a Tartan for Dunans

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As readers of the new Lairds and Ladies’ website, and visitors to our facebook page, already know, we are in the process of designing the Dunans tartan. We thought you might like to see the briefing graphic which we created over the weekend. Its from this that our designer at Bute Fabrics will create the individual bespoke tartan that Lairds and Ladies the world over will be able to wear. We’re really excited by this new development!

Autumnal Tours at Dunans

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We have had a lovely year with lots of Lairds and Ladies coming to Dunans and going on our tours. Below are some photos of Lairds and Ladies who managed to make it this autumn.

If you would like to come, we run tours between April and October inclusive on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. And we can recommend some fabulous places to stay, run by folk who will really look after you.

Lovely Lairds and Ladies in May and June!

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We have had lots of visitors over the last month who have all gone on a tour with me. We’ve had lots of fun, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed meeting everyone.

Lairds and Ladies on the Tour at Dunans

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On our tours we spend around an hour walking around the gardens, talking about the site, its history, the landscape and our plans. We take up to 12 people per tour, but this early in the year we usually get couples and small groups. Dressed for any weather, we have lots of fun (as you can tell from the pictures). I post a photo of every tour at Blipfoto.

To come on a tour, you’ll need to be a Laird or Lady and book through this site by clicking here.