Relaxing….

…just a little. We have our friend Norm staying for a few days and we are showing him the local sights. Which consist mostly of trees and hills. And sheep. And trees. And hills. And a few more sheep. And trees. Oh, and a few cows as well, for variety…
Anyway, today we drove him over to the coast, via Stranraer. It was quite misty and damp – a pity, because Ailsa Craig is a terrific sight in clear weather – a big cottage-loaf shaped rock rising straight out of the sea. But today, it was only just visible. Still, the rest of the sights were quite spectacular. For instance, the row of houses along the coast road that all have house-sized boulders and outcrops decorating their gardens – real rock gardens!
We almost went back home via the cycle/walking track that goes past Loch Trool and Loch Dee. It’s rough, but worth the trip. Cars actually aren’t supposed to go along it, but B ignores such petty restrictions. All that stopped him today was the knowledge that the gate at the other end of the track some miles away might be locked (as it usually is), so that we’d have to turn around and drive all the way back – and we were short of fuel.
But as I said, it’s worth going that way, whether on foot or on wheels. It is really beautiful, wild country. Empty too. We’ve walked up to Loch Dee and it is a natural loch (not dammed in Victorian times, as so many are) and it actually has sandy little beaches all around the shoreline. Apart from a seat and a fishing club’s hut, not a sign of so-called civilisation anywhere. Just acres of hills and sky and water. And acres of silence!
When we were there last week, we took some pictures of it on our mobile phone, but haven’t yet worked out how to get them onto our computer – we don’t have one of those docking thingies.
I really do wish we had a decent digital camera. There are so many things around here that I’d like you all to see.