Dumfries and Galloway and that

[Sharon]

A wee boat in Kirkcudbright a couple of weeks a go.


starina by sisterblue, on Flickr

It really is a lovely wee town, with lot's to satisfy the eyes. You cannot beat D&G!!!

[Lucky Poet]

Doom and Gloom

Cracking stuff, and makes me wanna go down again soon. This...

piano by sisterblue, on Flickr

...is a thing of beauty.

[minxy]

It certainly is.

[Sharon]

Kirkcudbright by sisterblue, on Flickr


Kirkcoobright by sisterblue, on Flickr

[Lucky Poet]

Beltie!

That sign wouldn't be on the road to Tongland, would it? (Which is such an improbable and neat name for a village.)

[Sharon]

Beltie!

That sign wouldn't be on the road to Tongland, would it? (Which is such an improbable and neat name for a village.)

It sure is A unusual fact about the tiny Tongland is that it used to have a car factory.

[banjo]

they WOULD be the the real tongs then.

[robertpool]

If any you guys are ever near the old Church yard in Johnstonebridge could you photograph a couple of the headstones for me, you will know them when you see them.

Cheers,

Bobby

[Lucky Poet]

I was down at the weekend, but nowhere near Johnstonebridge I'm afraid. It's piqued my curiosity now though.

This be the lovely wee Kirkcudbright, trap for the unwary of pronunciation, near sunset down at the harbour (which is really just a big wall on one side of the river Dee, I suppose)...

And this is the bridge at one end of it, an unusual concrete affair (of 1924, according to J R Hume, and who are we to doubt him):


The same wee boat that popped up earlier in the thread, as I've just realised:


And what looks like an actual active fishing industry going on. Nice to see the place working, and not just being another marina if you know what I mean:


Too much hard work maybe, so this one's having a wee rest:


Elsewhere, and unrelated, about as many red kites as you're ever likely to see at once:

[Lucky Poet]

Here be a squirrel-proof feeder, not quite working as advertised:


Dumfries and Galloway: Scotland with Stile (sorry):


And a couple of random and hackit old dry stane dykes:

[Sharon]

A nice abandoned petrol pump in Gatehouse (82p per litre - current price 1.40 per litre).


Gatehouse Petrol Pump by sisterblue, on Flickr

[Sharon]

Nice piece of D&G rail nostalgia on the Scottish Screen Archive. The rail journey between Dumfries and Stanraer - which must have been lovely.

http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=3696

[Sharon]

Big Fleet Viaduct by sisterblue, on Flickr
Big Fleet Viaduct this sunny sunday.

Click HERE to view big and spin it

[Lucky Poet]

Here, that's very clever. How on earth did you do that, then? (Nice photo too, btw.)

[HollowHorn]

Wow! That made me dizzy.