Visit Scotland Free Goodie Bags

dunkerz

Angua2 wrote: »

From the Visit Scotland (org) website:

Six Regions: Local Offices:

4. South of Scotland
Selkirk
Dumfries

Don't head to Selkirk - it's closed for the winter!

InfamyInfamy

Angua2 wrote: »

Hmmm! I'll have to rethink the offer, lol. However, I'm sure we could do with a wee bit of infamous company at the proposed Winter Warmer pub crawl in Edinburgh.... starting to discuss this in the Arms, the date seems to be looking like the end of Feb '09... (I've look up the distance 'tween the Isle of Wight and Edinburgh and it is rather daunting, I know.)

All the best for the holidays!

The reason I did not want to swap back is cos we;ve got over 100 sheep (which started lambing yesterday), 16 cows, a pony, 50 hens, 5 geese, 4 guinea pigs, 5 cats & 2 dogs (and two kids) so a rest would be nice!!!!
Have a lovely christmas!!
:T :T :T

Lou76

Thanks for posting this OP, I got mine today and it's fab. :T I read this thread on the day it was originally posted but didn't think it would be worth braving George Square for - I thought it would be a bag of pens, key rings and other bits and pieces like that , basically things I have in abundance and will never get around to using them all.

Anyway, today I was shopping for my Mum in Inverness (I'm staying here for Christmas, I didn't just come up here for shopping ) and decided to chance my luck in the Tourist Info centre. I'm so glad I did, I got the goodie bag and it contained:

Packet of 'Crunchy Parsnip' crisps. :eek:
Stoats Porridge Oat Bar (white chocolate & hazelnut)
A Walkers shortbread finger
A packet of Millar Pan Drops
100ml bottle of Ecover washing up liquid
50p MOC for Mackie's Ice Cream
A voucher book with - "Up to 50% off Winter White activities, attractions and dining in Scotland"
50ml bottle of Arran Aromatics Heather Dew Conditioning shampoo
50ml bottle of Arran Aromatics Heather Dew Foam Bath

Both the shampoo & foam bath had price tags on the back, they sell them for £1.60 each. :eek:

All the items are packaged in a really lovely wee white gift bag with the website printed on it.

I'm still shocked that they're giving this away for free, it's a lovely wee gift goodie bag. :T

The Inverness branch still had a lot left, although I have told quite a few people about it already , but if you're shopping in Inverness tomorrow anyway, it might be worth popping along to see if the have any left - they're probably cursing "that bl**dy Weegie lassie" for the influx of people they'll have.

Thanks again, I'm well chuffed. :A

Savethekipper

Does anyone know if this is available at Gretna Green as I will be passing through there next weekend on my way to Edinburgh???

Angua2

Lou76 wrote: »

Thanks for posting this OP, I got mine today and it's fab. :T
[...]
Thanks again, I'm well chuffed. :A

Thanks for your post! :T And you're welcome - lol - I thought it was a a very well done and unusual goodie bag and was very chuffed, too!

Halloway

Actually the bag contained:

3 litres of Buckfast
Four-pack Tennent's Super Strength
Deep-fried Mars bar
Deep-fried Haggis
Deep-fried Lard
Clabby Doos
Three-hundred-weight of stovies
Drizzle
Midgies
Criminal record ("The Best of The Proclaimers")
More drizzle
"If I Was" the grammatically-incorrectly-titled autobiography of Midgie Ure.

(Don't take this seriously; I love Scotland, especially Aberdeen.)

InfamyInfamy

Halloway wrote: »

Actually the bag contained:

3 litres of Buckfast
Four-pack Tennent's Super Strength
Deep-fried Mars bar
Deep-fried Haggis
Deep-fried Lard
Clabby Doos
Three-hundred-weight of stovies
Drizzle
Midgies
Criminal record ("The Best of The Proclaimers")
More drizzle
"If I Was" the grammatically-incorrectly-titled autobiography of Midgie Ure.

(Don't take this seriously; I love Scotland, especially Aberdeen.)

LOL! Good job it did't have a caber aswell!#
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

kianicky

ye forgot aboot a wee manny in kilt shouting och aye the noo LMAO!!!

Angua2

Savethekipper wrote: »

Does anyone know if this is available at Gretna Green as I will be passing through there next weekend on my way to Edinburgh???

Sorry to say I don't know, but will have a quick look...

Quick look shows that there is a Tourist Info Office in Gretna, but I'm not sure if they have the Winter White goodie bag... Here are the details of the Gretna T I Office (which does say it's run by Visit Scotland Dumfries & Galloway!):

Gretna Green Tourist Information Centre
Unit 10, Gretna Gateway Outlet Village, Glasgow Road, Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway DG16 5GG

Telephone: 44 (0) 1461 337834
E-mail: gretna@dgtb.visitscotland.com
Website: http://www.visitdumfriesandgalloway.co.uk

Proprietor: VisitScotland Dumfries and Galloway - Dumfries and Galloway Tourist Board

Opening hours: Apr-Oct: 10am-6pm daily; Nov-Mar: 10am-4.30pm Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm Sun

Schmoofer

Popped into the Glasgow office - they gave me my free bag of goodies. Some nice stuff in there - they also said they hadn't had many enquiries about this - so worth trying Glasgow as they probably have quite a few left!