Wet

It rained most of yesterday morning.

But it cleared late afternoon,and a trip up to the Wood of Cree showed the big waterfall in full flow.

The Cree up near the shoogly bridge also had a copious flow.

A Pictorially Wet and Windy Day

A circular car tour today produced some interesting pictures.
At the top end of Gatehouse of Fleet,the resident swans were building their nest.This one came towards us as we approached,it may have been the male being protective

Heading over the moors towards Laurieston we encountered a Red Kite just feet above the car,my camera wasn't ready and my companion Celtic Sam couldn't get the picture.If either of us had had a brain,i could have grabbed Celtic Sams camera and got the picture.
Not to worry though,just outside Mossdale we managed to snap a couple.
Celtic Sam got the best one,mine is the inset.

Just prior to snapping the Red Kites we'd come across this unusual sign.Celtic Sam took this picture.Perhaps the farmer is also an artist!

We stopped on the New Galloway to Newton Stewart road to film and photograph some horses.None came up to blog standard.
Nearly home when we had to make a detour because of a fallen tree.
After taking the back road into Minigaff,we doubled back to take pictures.
One lone policeman was this side of the tree.He wasn't bothered by us taking pictures.As we snapped away a local farmer arrived at the other side with a chainsaw.

We left them to it,and went home for tea.

A Windy and Wintery Wigtownshire

All ferry sailings in Loch Ryan were cancelled due to high winds.

As well as stopping the ferries,the high winds also kept the fishing boats in the harbour today.Here's a couple of pictures on this last day of January 2008.

The wintery weather did produce some lovely views of the Galloway hills though,and between the blustery snow showers i managed to get a few pictures.

I nearly got blown off a bridge taking this one.