Another stretch of the new Mull of Galloway Trail, we have done some of this walk before, but not all of it and not since the trail was completed.
We parked at the Ardwell Picnic site.
This board is about Chapel Rossan Bay and the Murder Stone
Small boat being towed from the water.
Deserted beach
Sun glinting on the sea.
The trail now crosses the road….
…and follows the field edge before crossing back over the road into the woods.
Huge bracket fungus on the ground
Autumn beech leaves
I love this farmhouse across the road with its castellated roof
This is where we went wrong and lost the track for a while, we should have turned right over the wall but instead headed down the track-oops!
Chapel Rossan Bay looking north
I think this might be the lower mandible of a gannet
Shag
Dead seal
Small Tortoiseshell making the most of the sunshine
Large nest
Turnstones
Flying Oystercatchers
Grey Seal, at least theres live ones around too!
Reflected rock
Logan Windmill
Logan Mills
Interpretation board about the windmill
Derelict cottage
On the rocks
One of the new bridges on the trail
Portacree
Fishermans cottage
Bouys
Logan Mills
Lots of little bits of land owned by the MOD around here.
Looking for life in the rockpools…
…found some!
New England bay looking towards The Mull of Galloway
Ruby Tiger caterpillar
Fox moth caterpillar
Bright-line Brown-eye moth caterpillar
A closer view of the windmill on the way back
Brown Hare on the beach, not something you see often
and rabbits
Grey Heron
Silver Y moth
We managed to find the right route on the way back!
Allium triquetrum
This is the sign we missed!
White hoses
Eaten fungi
Back along a deserted beach to our car
A lovely walk!
