By way of experiment. All sorts of problems with accessing Google photos! This photo was taken on our holiday in March 2018 in Dumfries and Galloway. Generally grey and cold, but managed to find more pleasant walking on east coast.
Dumfries and Galloway
A Coastal Walk: Wed, March 28, 2018
The walk passed along a bay, through a wood onto cliffs, past a lodge that was now a holiday cottage. It ended at a medieval castle, believed impregnable, that was sacked by Robert the Bruce. At a later date, someone had constructed an arch out of the rubble.
East Along the Tweed
The Tweed is utterly delightful in both directions. Most of our walks have been west, towards Abbotsford, but more recently I have explored crossing the chain bridge and going east. Of the two walks that follow, the first was in early Spring (April 5), the second in late Spring (June 4). The land on both sides of the mown path has been allowed to grow into a flower meadow.
Dryburgh Abbey: April 30, 2018
On my second visit, with our friends the Howards, I photographed some things I had not spotted before.
Dryburgh Abbey, first visit: July 17, 2015
These were taken during our week in a self-catering cottage in Melrose in order to see how we liked the region, and whether we could find somewhere we wanted to live. Note the memorial to Walter Scott, his son-in-law, and to General Haig. We noticed that a lot of the gravestones were double sided, with a ‘portrait’ on the obverse of the deceased reading a book. This may have denoted that they were both literate and pious, with the implication they were reading a prayer book. There is also a museum with a number of carvings, some interesting and some beautiful as well.
Walking the Eildons
Our apartment gives immediate access to the Eildon hills via the golf course. Of the three peaks, I have so far climbed two: South Eildon and mid-Eildon (the highest). Here are some photos of each – in that order.
David McNaughton 