Wednesday, May 01, 2013

Douglas, S Lanarkshire–13th April 2013

 

On our way home from our short trip away we decided to stop at Douglas.

1-douglas

We parked by Stable Loch…

2-douglas

…and walked the all abilities trail before lunch.

3-canada-geese

Canada geese

4-greylag

Greylag

5-trees

Three trees

6-douglas

Despite the fact that dogs should be kept under close control, this person was happy to let her dogs in the water to chase the geese and swans!

7-swan

Mute Swan

8-douglas

Stable Loch

9-douglas

 

10-douglas

 

11-douglas

We had lunch back at the car and then decided to explore the other lochs.

12-monument

Monument

13-tower

Castle Dangerous

14-tower

Not much of a castle now..

15-tower

…just a tower

16-tower

 

17-tower

 

18-tower

 

19-loch

Lots of birds on this loch, teal, waders etc.

20-tree

Pine tree

21-stump

 

22-loch

 

23-inlet

 

24-loch

 

25-tree

 

26-no-fishing

No fishing, guess what the guys in the background were doing!

27-loch

 

28-loch

 

29-loch

 

30-dead-swan

Dead swan Sad smile

31-sandmartin-bank

Sand Martin bank

32-dirty-frog

Frog trying to hide from us!

33-rusty-water

Rusty water

34-rusty-water

 

35-pine-trees

Scots Pines

36-river

River Douglas

37-river

 

38-bridge

Iron bridge

39-bridge

Douglas is a lovely place to visit and no doubt we will be back to explore more another day but now time we headed off home.

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