Eriba Man

This is night no19/2020 living in the caravan and our second night at the John Paul Jones museum near Kirkbean. Got up just before sunrise, walked down to the beach and saw this. Headed back to the van for breakfast then we went on a circular walk to Carsethorn, returning by the shore. Took about 3 hrs. Carsethorn is a lovely wee village with a great looking pub. Some great houses overlooking the sea, including the House on The Shore, a real big pile. Seen a huge number of oystercatcher. Some incredible geology too. The bedrock pitched at 45 degrees, and amazing caves. After lunch, headed into Dumfries to fuel up and get a new plug for the sink, which I found in homebase. On the way back, had a quick walk around Shembelle House near New Abbey. Stopped at the New Abbey and bought some l...

This is night No.28/2019 living in my caravan. It's my second night at Fairgirth Farm CL, near Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway. After the early morning walk around the adjacent woods, breakfast, and an 'al fresco' shower, took the dogs for a walk down to the beach, around 1 mile away along a quiet road. Looking back at one of the farm houses at Fairgirth. Along the road, there is a loch which is really well kept. It's opposite this development at Barend. These chalets look like they've been here a long time and there are a lot of them. Very nice, but I'll bet they were/are timeshare properties. Some of the attractive flowers on the loch side. The beach at Sandyhill is very big with fine, golden sand. I could see a wind farm to the west, and another in the distance to the east, both offshore. Also a rather rare sight these days, salmon nets. As I walked along the coastal path, I could see down onto the nets. Strang...