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Week-ending Sunday 23rd February 2014.
No walk with the ramblers this week, I've been honoured with a visit from three of my daughters, Michele, Sarah and Marie, and one of my lovely granddaughters, Erin.
We got around a bit, and the weather was pretty good to us.
Michele and Erin were here for the earlier part of the week, while Sarah and Marie the latter.
The five of us had a wonderful evening dining at the Masonic Arms in Gatehouse of Fleet on Wednesday night. It's certainly worth a recommendation here.
So without much dialogue, here are a few pictures (in no particular order) from our week.
(More great pictures on Marie's Blog at 'What's Not Going On')
Michele and Erin at Burrowhead
Erin on the Wickerman Stumps
Marie and Sarah, River Nith, Whitesands Dumfries
Michele and Erin, Burrowhead
Marie, me and Sarah, River Nith, Whitesands Dumfries
Michele and Erin with 'The Man on the Green' at Port William
Colourful seaweed in a Burrowhead rock pool
Pigeons on Burrowhead rocks
Rusty encrusted angle iron on Burrowhead shore
Rocky inlet, Burrowhead
Open manhole Burrowhead water drains
Water drainage Burrowhead
Water drainage Burrowhead
Castle Feather promontory Burrowhead
The 'Westering Home', Port William
Mochrum tulip out of focus
Mochrum tulip in focus
Druchtag Motehill, Mochrum
Dumfries rooftop
The 'Caul', Devorgilla Bridge, River Nith, Dumfries
Dumfries Railway Station
Waiting for a train, Dumfries
Dùn Phrìs (fort of the thicket)
Peter Pan Country, Dumfries
The 16.54 from Carlisle
Oyster Catchers at Lendalfoot
Watch the birdie ! Nick of the Balloch, Carrick Forest, South Ayrshire
Nick of the Balloch, Carrick Forest, South Ayrshire with patches of snow on Rowantree Hill
Mist over the peaks of the Awful Hand range of the Galloway Hills
Geese on the river Cree at dusk
Ferry at Cairnryan
Earl Grey tea at Craigiemains, Ballantrae
Starfish, Port William
The Varyag Memorial, Lendalfoot
The Corrn Roy burn splitting Rowantree and Glengap Hills
Mushroom in Kirroughtree Forest
Fallen but growing Kirroughtree
Cocoon, Kirroughtree
Snowdrops, Stronord, Kirroughtree
Snowdrops, Stronord, Kirroughtree
New 7Stanes bridge, Kirroughtree
Creebaby, Balloch Woods, Creetown
Walks signpost, Kirroughtree
Bridge, Bruntis Loch, Kirroughtree
Bruntis Loch and the Kirroughtree Gem Stane
(One stone, one set of twins)
Goosanders or Mergansers on Little Bruntis Loch
Male Goosander or Merganser
Little Bruntis Loch teeming with life
Heron beside Little Bruntis Loch
More of the heron beside Little Bruntis Loch
Female Mallard on Little Bruntis Loch
Kirrough trees
Felling due to Phytophthora ramorum (Larch Disease)
Horses Blackcraig Wood
Can anyone identify these strange growths ? Found by the side of the old military road between Blackcraig and Stronord. (I've had a suggestion that these are probably snowdrop bulbs somehow dislodges by the rain with the tendrils out seeking some earth)
Stronord Garden
Mushrooms Kirroughtree
Pagoda engraving, Garrocher Ponds, Balloch Woods
Kirkmabreck quarry
Kirkmabreck quarry quay looking towards Wigtown
Kirkmabreck quarry quay embankment with an 'Inky' silhouette
Kirkmabreck quay jetty
Photographing teasel on Kirkmabreck Quay
Goosander at the 'Caul', river Nith, Dumfries
Friars Vennel mural, Dumfries
Sunset on Loch Ochiltree
Thanks for visiting ladies, I had a wonderful time with you.
You certainly got around Jim. Glad you managed to get some reasonable weather. I've been to a few of the places- the nick, the Varyag the seacliffs etc but many others are unknown to me. That seaweed looks more alive than some creatures I can think of. Class photographs. Not often you see Goosander- mergansers close up.
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to have all of your lovelies visit Jim, you went to some marvellous places.
ReplyDeleteMarie has a brilliant eye for framing an image creatively and I enjoyed perusing the images on her blog very much.
Have a great week over there.
That teabag looks interesting - there is some kind of non-drip system if I understand correctly?
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures, you seem to have had a good time.
Cheers Bob, the birds are rare visitors to Kirroughtree but it seems they're always at the 'Caul' at Dumfries. I agree about the seaweed. Perhaps it isn't seaweed but the creature from the black lagoon !
ReplyDeleteHi Rose, I love having the family visiting. They tire me out, but make me years younger when they're around. Hope the humidity's bearable in the tropics.
You're right about the teabag Maria, it's also a way to squeeze the last drop out of it in true Scots fashion. ( That reminds me of the joke about the Scotsman who found a fly in his whisky. He picked it up by the wings, held it over the glass and to the fly "Spit it oot! )
awww such a great time with your lovely daughters and your granddaughter----wow that mushroom and wonderful shots of the wildlife-always enjoy your great trips and pics jim :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Lynn, I loved the way the mushroom picture turned out. We had a great time.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fine set of pictures both familiar and unfamiliar - looks like I've not run out of local tours yet. I must have a wander round some of these 7 stanes routes (on foot). Great nature photos too.
ReplyDeleteCheers Sandy, I'm in my eighth year in Dumfries and Galloway and I'm only scratching the surface of what's on offer. As a world traveller I can only quote Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz.
ReplyDelete"There's no place like home"