I stayed in an odd campsite at Sandyhills – more static caravans than camp site. It has a lovely beach – and red squirrels. I didn’t manage a photo of a live squirrel so you’ll have to make do with a stuffed one from the museum in Dumfries.
The Lake District across the Solway Firth
And into Dumfries
Here I met Mark for lunch and went on to see Suzanne in the evening, so two good catch-ups.
Unexpected highlight of Dumfries was meeting “Kiki” (for all those who read Enid Blyton’s “…of Adventure” stories) being walked up the high street -
And not Kiki:
The Hole in the Wall Inn was frequented by Robert Burns. When travelling in Scotland one needs a check list as to who is associated for where you are visiting. Top rankers are William Wallace, Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots & Robert Burns and maybe Boswell and Johnson (or maybe they are too English?)? Sometimes you get a full hand of the cards and possibly Dumfries is one of those places.
Good things to do with boarded up shops
Dumfries has a lovely museum in a camera obscura on the top of the hill. It started life as a windmill and then a club of local chaps got together to create the camera obscura and one (gents only) had to be invited by the clique to visit to view. I arrived in time to see it in action – it seems to me a way to see what one’s neighbours are up to, as sort of early Google earth.
It was one of those museums I could have spent a long time in as there was a real mix of interesting things, but I arrived quite late in the afternoon.
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