A bookshop in Scotland will let you run the shop for a few days. They've got a waiting list of people who pay to do it.

Isabella Garcia waited years to spend her holidays running a bookshop in Wigtown. Image via BBC

Isabella Garcia waited years to spend her holidays running a bookshop in Wigtown. Image via BBC

"A shop on the corner of a small town in southern Scotland might not seem like a prime holiday destination. However, the Open Book in Wigtown - which has been running for a decade - now has a two-year waiting list.

"The brainchild of author and filmmaker Jessica Fox, the volunteer-run enterprise lets visitors live the dream of running their own bookshop. In the process, it now also contributes about £10,000-a-year to the Wigtown Festival Company's charitable work." - Giancarlo Rinaldi

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A bookshop in Scotland will let you run the shop for a few days. They've got a waiting list of people who pay to do it.

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