Last Wednesday the Last of the Summer Wine Walkers came over to Sandyhills on the Solway Coast where Gaye and I and the family were staying for a week in a Log Cabin at Barrend. Three of the gang, Tom, Niall, and John arrived for coffee at 10.30am and after this we headed to the start at Colvend village hall. The walk was through the Dalbeattie forest to Kippford and then the coast walk from Kippford to Rockcliffe. This section is one of the nicest walks in Scotland and we were fortunate to have a glorious day plus the bonus of high tide. A good bit of planning. The last stage of the walk is from Rockcliffe along the road to Colvend via the old Kirk at Colvend.
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| The Log Cabins at Barrend. Our Cabin was just to the left of these ones and unfortunately not overlooking this wee Loch but it was very nice. |
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| Colvend Village Hall. Several years ago when we walked from Dalbeattie to Kippford we arrived at this Hall just in time for the monthly pensioners lunch and what a superb lunch it was. |
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| The Anchor Hotel in Kippford where we enjoyed a nice lunch. |
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| The Kippford estuary with the tide fully in. |
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| We stopped for a rest in the churchyard at Colvend and spent time discussing the forthcoming referendum in Scotland. These guys are all YES men and during the 4 hours of our walk may have persuaded me to join them. This is probably not the most appropriate place to discuss politics but then maybe it is. |
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| In the newest section of the graveyard is this gravestone depicting Dolphins. In a graveyard full of granite headstones it is a bit out of place and to me it spoils the look of the graveyard but others may think differently. |
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| At Colvend Village Hall is this seat put there 4 years ago and with the names on of every child in Colvend school on it. |
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| This is Robin Rigg Wind Farm out in the Solway Firth.There are 60 wind turbines. |