Thursday, September 01, 2016

Loch Kindar–6th March 2016

 

We parked in the carpark by the Glen Burn for a walk to Loch Kindar

1-Glen-Burn

Bridge over Glen Burn

2-Glen-Burn

The start of our walk

3-Glen-Burn

 

4-Waterloo Monument

Waterloo Monument

5-Waterloo-Monument

 

6-Criffel

Criffel

7-Waterloo-Monument

 

8-Waterloo-Monument

 

10-Waterloo-Monument

 

11-Loch-Kindar

Loch Kindar

12-Loch-Kindar-panorama

Panorama, click to view larger

13-Loch-Kindar

 

14-Loch-Kindar

 

15-Loch-Kindar

 

16-Waterloo-Monument

 

17-Loch-Kindar

 

18-Loch-Kindar

 

19-Boulder

 

20-Loch-Kindar

 

21-Loch-Kindar

 

22-frogsspawn

Lots of frogspawn

23-towards-New-Abbey

 

24-Cumbria from Drumburn viewpoint

On the way back we stopped at Drumburn viewpoint to see the snowy mountains of Cumbria

25-Cumbria-from-Drumburn-viewpoint

Cumbria across the Solway

26-Crocus

Crocus

Map picture

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Glen Isle, Dumfries and Galloway–5th March 2016

 

A walk through the woods then out to Glen Isle

1-Kippford

Kippford from Glen Isle

2-Kippford

 

3-Kippford

 

4-Kippford

Sun briefly coming out

5-Kippford

 

6 Kippford-from-Glen-Isle-panorama

Panorama, click to view larger

7-Kippford

 

8 Kippford-from-Glen-Isle-panorama-2

Click to view larger

9-from-glen-isle

Towards Heston Island with Cumbria beyond

10-cumbria-from-glen-isle

Snow on the mountains in Cumbria

11-from-glen-isle

Towards Heston and Rockcliffe

12-cumbria-from-glen-isle

Heston, Rockcliffe and Cumbria

13-Tornat-Plantations

Map picture

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Kirkbean,Dumfries & Galloway–28th February 2016

 

We parked in Kirkbean by the village hall to walk Kirkbean Glen.

9-Kirkbean-Church

Kirkbean Church

10-Kirkbean-Church

 

11-Kirkbean-Church

 

12-Kirkbean-Church

 

13-Kirkbean-Church

 

14-Criffel-Panorama-1

Criffel from the glen

15-Criffel-Panorama-2

 

16-Criffel

Criffel

17-Kirkbean-Glen

The glen was impassable in places due to storms and felling, what a mess!

18-Kirkbean-Glen

 

19-Kirkbean-Glen

 

20-Kirkbean-Glen

 

21-Kirkbean-Glen

 

22-Kirkbean-Glen

 

23-Kirkbean-Glen

Map picture