This Friday the Dumfries Arms Hotel will be celebrating its 300-year anniversary. Here's a little history and some info on how we're celebrating including a concert at the hotel (Sept 29th)! Read on for more information 🙂 Rich in history The Dumfries Arms Hotel, situated in the ancient burgh of Cumnock since the 18th century, has played host to many colourful characters over the years. These include Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns who spent many a night at the old hotel bar, entertaining the locals. And Sir Walter Scott, who referred to his stay in Old Cumnock… “where beds are as hard as a plank, sir”. How times have changed (beds too). The hotel even predates the nearby Dumfries House. To commemorate the third century of the building there will be 300 balloons released at 2pm this Friday 22nd and a photographer will be around taking photos too. There will be Cumnock dignitaries and a local historian will perform a reading among other guests to help us celebrate the historic building. Come and say hello. Additionally, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has organised an anniversary concert at the hotel on Friday 29th of September which will be taking place in the hotel. More information can be found here: https://www.rcs.ac.uk/boxoffice-event/eventid/73403-Cumnock-Tryst-Ian-Peaston.

The DA in 1930!

This Friday the Dumfries Arms Hotel will be celebrating its 300-year anniversary. Rich in history The Dumfries Arms Hotel, situated in the ancient burgh of Cumnock since the 18th century, has played host to many colourful characters over the years. These include Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns who spent many a night at the old hotel bar, entertaining the locals. And Sir Walter Scott, who referred to his stay in Old Cumnock… “where beds are as hard as a plank, sir”. How times have changed (beds too). The hotel even predates the nearby Dumfries House. To commemorate the third century of the building there will be 300 balloons released at 2pm this Friday 22nd and a photographer will be around taking photos too. Local historian will perform a reading . Come along, enjoy some sparkling wine and cake, and help us celebrate this historic building.

Autumn is fast approaching and we couldn’t be happier. With a slight chill in the mornings, the crunch of leaves below our feet as we make our journey home from work, followed by cuddling up on the sofa with a hot drink. Is there really anything better? If any of this appeals to you then Autumn might just be the perfect season for you to get married. Think rich berry tones and pine cones for decoration. Autumn truly is a wonderfully romantic season to get married and today we’re here to share some amazing Autumn wedding ideas that you may not even have thought of! https://www.dumfriesarms.co.uk/blog/autumn-wedding-ideas/

Choosing a wedding theme/colour can be tricky, especially when you’re trying to match everything up to the season in which you’re getting married. However, with so many different colour palettes to choose from you needn’t get stressed into thinking that your colour palette should be restricted depending on the season. With Autumn just around the corner we thought we’d share some of our favourite Autumn Wedding colour themes – some might surprise you. https://www.dumfriesarms.co.uk/blog/autumn-wedding-colour-themes/

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