This makes me happy! There is still a town in this world dedicated to small bookshops! Sounds like heaven to me❤️🤗🐝
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
They definitely need to be kept alive! 🙂
@deborahdanhauer8525
11 ай бұрын
@@scotlandunplugged Yes they do!❤️🤗🐝
@helpinyerdasellavon
11 ай бұрын
As an avid reader, I loved to know this! Such a beautiful town with lovely small bookshops. A perfect place surrounded by nature, grab a nice cuppa, a book and enjoy. Thank you for sharing, Robert 🏴
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
It’s not bad (but I’m a bit biased) 🙂
@Jyn58
11 ай бұрын
What a perfect little town if you're looking for a book no longer published. I love small towns and all the unique they have.
@shirleylaboy603
11 ай бұрын
What a perfect little town with book shops. I love to read, and I would definitely love this place. 🙂❤️
@camerongibson6342
11 ай бұрын
Great video Robbie, you must be very proud of the town you grew up in
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
Thanks Cameron! It’s amazing to see the transformation.
@alicegamble6145
11 ай бұрын
Wigtown looks like a beautiful little town with so much to see. Well done to all who made it possible.
@lindaarmstrongjackman9788
11 ай бұрын
Very interesting how books saved the town economy. Nothing beats the smell snd feel of a book. Of course, treats sold at small shops come a close second. Thanks Robert. 👍😊👍
@suellenspencer-eb2nv
11 ай бұрын
How wonderful. Never can have too many bookstores. Love it. Thank you very much for this story of success.
@sharonm3677
11 ай бұрын
What an attractive cozy looking town. It must be wonderful to have a book festival. I’d be lost forever if there were that many inviting book stores around me. ❤❤
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
I managed 6 hours before having to go home (and in that time, I bumped into 3 siblings, 3 nephews, 2 cousins and my mum) 😂
@patriciamccormack7626Teashee
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this Robert❤ What a amazing wee place for book lover's, from far and wide👍🏆
@bronwentillman8385
11 ай бұрын
If my grandma were still with us, we'd keep Wigtown in business for decades! This has suddenly been bumped up on my bucket list, and I'll be bringing the bear made from my grandma's fleece coat with me.
@Kevinjohnson34567
3 ай бұрын
I went to Wigtown in 2015. My mother’s family “McCandlish” is from there. My ancestors traveled to America in the 1750s. Wonderful place!
@amypeterman9387
11 ай бұрын
❤❤❤I love that books saved this place !!! Books are fantabulous!!!!!
@jeremy1350
11 ай бұрын
Hi Robert. I think I'd like to visit Wigtown. Montreal used to have small book shops, and a few "black hole" dusty old book sellers the ones that had walls stacked and books covered in inches of dust. But that is no more. All of our smaller fare shops were shut down and run out of town. Those black hole shops were bought up and shuttered as well. Now you have to go to a flashy corporate book shop to get a book. Yes, you can sit inside and read a while or visit their expensive coffee shop within, but its not the same. If you go to Ottawa, the capitol, you will find many of those book sellers, who have stacks upon stacks of books in a very ramshackle sort of way. Nowadays, you're better off shopping online for books, which defeats the purpose and necessity of a real book shop. I love all those little book shops there in Wigtown. Do the Wigtown book sellers have online presence? Maybe we can check them out from far away?? Yes?
@nigelwylie01
11 ай бұрын
We now have websites which allow us to buy from these small independent bookshops. Best of both worlds. Abe is one of the best. I use it as my first port of call.
@MorbinNecrim86
11 ай бұрын
Miss the old bookshops like that
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
I believe a few are on Abe Books. 🙂
@cindyrissal3628
11 ай бұрын
Buckets of coffee is a VERY good thing! 😉 Those book stores you keep walking through make me drool. They'd never get me out!❤
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
That’s actually one shop! The Book Shop - Scotland’s biggest secondhand book shop.
@stephenoran2019
11 ай бұрын
As a confirmed bibliophile whose home is beginning to look like the Library of Congress, not to mention a ridiculous number of Kindle books and Audible audiobooks, I really loved this story! Good for Wigtown!
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
My house isn’t quite there, but my audible and kindle accounts are stuffed 🙂
@mrmaster9801
11 ай бұрын
Many years ago, I visited Hay-on-Wye, perhaps the most famous book town in UK (as far as I know), while visiting Wales. It was a wonderful visit, expecially for an avid reader like me. Glad to know that the idea has spread and that it helped other places ^^.
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
Ah yes. The idea came from Hay-on-Wye.
@monicab204
11 ай бұрын
What a lovely town! I love the feel of a real book. I'll need to put it on my list of places to go next time I'm in Scotland. ❤
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
There’s definitely something about the real thing!
@mschoy1597
11 ай бұрын
The town seems so quaint, proper and calming!
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
I love it, but I’m massively biased! 😂
@kathybrandt6060
11 ай бұрын
Robbie, I’m glad to hear that your little town made it through the 90s. Maybe next week we can go back to horror .
@nataliegraham9552
11 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you featured Wigtown! I have been a book person since my chubby toddler hands could grip a storybook. 📖❤ I hope I can get to your childhood town sometime soon. I may never leave... 😄
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
The older I get, the more I want to move back. Edinburgh will do though 🙂
@shalacarter6658
11 ай бұрын
How lovely!
@tinahale9252
5 ай бұрын
I really love hearing stories of restoration.
@tfodthogtmfof7644
11 ай бұрын
Any place with bookstores is a place worth visiting.
@mairianncullen8753
Ай бұрын
The first time I visited Wigtown with my 4-year old grandson he said, 'It's very nice here but where are all the people?' 🙂 I hope this video encourages lots of people to go to Wigtown because that's what's needed to keep it going for another 25 years.
@scotlandunplugged
Ай бұрын
I'm always amazed how busy it is without actually looking busy. Will be there for the festival with my brother's book! :-)
@joycefuller9177
11 ай бұрын
Love books. Great way to keep a town alive.
@MrAmy4kane
11 ай бұрын
Love getting a sandwich from the coop and sitting on the green to eat it, lovely little town ❤
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
I can remember sitting there when I was about 5. Can still hear the bowls!
@p.brinki8130
9 ай бұрын
It's worth more than one journey, I can say. We loved our stay in summer!
@Sh4peofmyheart
11 ай бұрын
Oh, it looks and sounds like where I need to live. I read quite a bit, and I feel like I could be happy, there. ❤️❤️❤️
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
It’s a nice place to live (I’m clearly biased). There are a few books about it… “Diary of a Bookseller,” “Three Things You Need To Know About Rockets” and “Devorgilla Days”, to name a few. 🙂
@Sh4peofmyheart
11 ай бұрын
@@scotlandunplugged Thank you! I'll give them a read.
@megkiely0128
11 ай бұрын
Great video!! Always enjoy your wonderful stories… 👏🏻🩵
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@howardg396
11 ай бұрын
This would be my ideal vacation spot. The only trouble would be the freight charges getting all the books I bought home to Canada!
@midgetuley4262
11 ай бұрын
I love to read! Sounds like Wigtown is my cup of tea...or maybe coffee!
@dbach1025
11 ай бұрын
Brilliant idea and brilliant grab at an opportunity. So good to see food people like the Parker brothers succeed.
@giannabarrow7764
11 ай бұрын
wow!!! Good for Wigtown! Thanks for sharing!
@skyedancer3106
11 ай бұрын
I learn something interesting everytime you put out a great video. Please keep them coming for us. My son started reading at 2 and still loves to read at 37. Take care and stay safe till next time. ❤
@samanthadillard2853
11 ай бұрын
But that's one of the things I love about your channel you don't just talk about the blood and guts of the situation you actually give some of the lighter side of it or whimsical or just straight odd and unique
@Emma-Jayne
11 ай бұрын
The Worlds coolest town!!! I’m moving there then ❤
@robertamity3563
11 ай бұрын
I have a disorder and I have a problem with the intake of written word , I learn thought speech ;so, over my life time I have gotten better with the written word ? I watch videos like this one to teach me ! You don’t mind right ! 👍😎🇺🇸!
@SaucyWench88
11 ай бұрын
I have wanted to go here for years.
@avrilconacher
11 ай бұрын
One of my favourite places to visit
@janetmackinnon3411
11 ай бұрын
Thank you I'm really enjoying your videos.
@pixiwix
Ай бұрын
I run a small bookshop in America and would give my left arm to be able to move shop here. What a magical idea! I'm actually going to be starting by PhD in Aberdeen within the next year, so maybe I'll look into that option afterwards. Thanks for this!❤
@scotlandunplugged
Ай бұрын
Have you read Diary of a Bookseller or Three Things You Need to Know About Rockets? They’re both books about living and working in Wigtown. 🙂
@pixiwix
Ай бұрын
@@scotlandunplugged I hadn't but I will now - thank you for the suggestion!
@lindasworld5238
11 ай бұрын
I've got to find a way to make a bunch of money. I need to come to Scotland and Wigtown is where I'd start. Would give my right arm for a small friendly town.
@brightpage1020
11 ай бұрын
I NEED to come to Wigtown!!!! Thank you!!!!
@stevieray7203
11 ай бұрын
💛 It!
@Iwishiwasissywar
11 ай бұрын
That cafe rendevous looks 10/10
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
It ain’t half bad! 😎
@valeriomassimopastorealina3102
3 ай бұрын
I think this is my spiritual place
@amypeterman9387
11 ай бұрын
You are quite Dashing without the beard 🥰❤ Love the new look !!! What does your wife think?
@julierogers1155
11 ай бұрын
I want to travel to Wigtown now.
@nadinedeeren9861
11 ай бұрын
And what exactly is wrong with sugar laden coffee??? Next to Books it's nigh perfection! Books of course being first. When I come to Scotland I shall visit Wigtown and, well, end up buying too many books 😂😂😂
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
Easy done! I remember getting addicted to Starbucks peppermint lattes until I realised one day that I was holding a pint of coffee. 😂
@sheilan6235
11 ай бұрын
This sounds amazing, I want to visit! Except shipping my purchases back to Montana would be cost-prohibitive. Still want to visit it though.
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, that could get pricey 😂
@jldisme
11 ай бұрын
❤
@WkdWnch007
11 ай бұрын
You mean it wasn't because of Graeme Parker??? 🐮❤🐮
@bethotoole6569
11 ай бұрын
So,,,, you're from 'the Shire'???? Does that mean you're an exceptionally tall hobbit??
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
It’s possible 😂
@charlesmugleston6144
11 ай бұрын
Rise like a PhoeniX AYE Whit wi Scotland unplugged an Wigtown birl around Independence whispers... "I'll soon be found.... !!! X
@ramonadixon1291
11 ай бұрын
Great story.....good to know that there are people that read actual books still exist. I see you shaved...is that a new look or just testing the waters 😂 Looks good either way.
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
Haha. I got sick of the beard, then remembered to horror of what lurks beneath 😂
@ramonadixon1291
11 ай бұрын
@@scotlandunplugged Nahhhhh I'm sure your wife would agree that you look great either way.
@barbridingsTheResinator
11 ай бұрын
What a great story for this town! Now, back to death and destruction...
@scotlandunplugged
11 ай бұрын
😂
@jeffreyshier9021
11 ай бұрын
Death and destruction.😂😂😂
@lorrainebedson7261
11 ай бұрын
Would love to live there, my idea of heaven
@barbaracarol485
11 ай бұрын
😮
@Athena621
3 ай бұрын
Whoever read the "... of a booksellers" books and does not want to go there, is beyond me.
@scotlandunplugged
3 ай бұрын
The interior bookshop shots are all Shaun Bythell''s shop (which used to be my great grandad's draper shop) :-)
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