Meeting Old Friends and a Visit to a Deer Park

 

In 2 days time we will have been married 53 years so it was appropriate we met up with our Bridesmaid Sheila Glencross (now McVinnie) at the home of Gaye's cousin Dora. Sheila was only 16 at our wedding and is now retired. 

Gaye and her cousin Dora. Both of them are the same age. 

 

Sheila and Gaye

Dora, Sheila, Gaye and myself.

After meeting up with our friends we went for lunch to a Deer Park near Sandyhills. The deal is you can have lunch and it costs you nothing to look at the Deer. You can go on a guided trail or in a Landrover but that costs extra. The lunch was excellent and served quickly with a smile and very good value for money. 

We bought some special food for the Deer at a cost of £4.50

No dogs are allowed near the Deer Park. There are several different varieties of Deer in the park.

After this we returned to Rockcliffe and the tide was fully in but now beginning to go back out. 

The temperature was 23C and it was very busy with the Ice Cream van doing a roaring trade.

We will go back to the shore for an evening walk after our Dinner.

My Favourite Walk from Rockcliffe to Kippford

 

Our cottage in Rockcliffe from the public path going past it

A nice stream I have to cross on the way back to the cottage

A private pier and the causeway to Rough Island 

The Tree of the Year as voted by The Woodland Trust in 2021. It is about 65 years old

Myself at The Tree of the Year

Another view of the Tree of the Year with the beach in front of it made up entirely of shells

This Robin followed me all the way along the coastal path

The only people I met on my walk were these Little People

It was low tide but I will do the same walk later this week at high tide

Eaglets feeding in the Urr estuary

There were loads of Crab Apples on the upper path to Kippford.

Our First Full Day in Rockcliffe

We arrived in Rockcliffe on Friday afternoon and this was my first walk along the shore with the Island of Heston in the distance.

Our small holiday cottage and very comfortable it is.

Saturday morning walk with a fast tide coming in.

This was at about 11.00am and in another 90 minutes it was high tide

Last nights evening walk along the lane from our cottage. This is the nicest house with a wonderful garden and hedge.

Hillside House, garden, and hedge.

I wouldn't like the job of cutting this hedge

The tide coming in on this mornings walk

We spent the morning visiting Colvend and Dalbeattie Cemetery's to pay our respects to Gaye's cousin Evelyn and then her Aunt & Uncle David & Florence McGinn. After that a coffee in Dalbeattie and we headed back to Rockcliffe to sit by the shore for an hour. Gaye enjoyed her Mr. Whippy.