A Trip to Kippford



At least once a year I get the urge to head to the Solway Coast and my favourite place in the South of Scotland, Kippford. After looking where the weather was going to be best today Gaye & I headed west and picked up Jean & Wattie from Winterhope on the way there. We first of all went to Castle Douglas where it was the Annual Food Festival. It is great to see such a vibrant High Street in CD unlike many other small towns in Scotland. From there we headed to Kippford and a walk along the shore. The weather by this time was nice and warm and the sky almost clear.

This part of the shore line is a mountain of shells.

Looking out over the Urr Estuary to Rough Island which you can cross over to at low tide.

The sea front at Kippford

There are some spectacular gardens along the shore but these really caught the eye.

And the Little People were hiding among the rocks. There is one particular part of the shore where a local resident has for years been adding little figures made out of stones and driftwood. It is a great place to take children as they can have great fun looking for the wee figures.

A piece of driftwood turned into a sea horse

And another stands guard over the estuary