Back With the Lads

It hardly seems like 6 weeks ago since I was last on our Wednesday walk but it was great to be back walking with John and Tom again. We headed for Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve as there was a 5 mile walk there and as the weather forecast was not good we thought it would be ideal even if it was wet. We were actually very lucky and the only rain during the walk was when we were in a bird hide having our lunch break. The rain did come on very heavy just as we left the Reserve so we judged the distance perfectly.

Criffel in the back ground.

This is the site of the first Caerlaverock Castle which was abandoned about 1277 in favour of a new site 200 yards further north. The reason it was abandoned was because the site was so wet the buildings started to collapse. It would appear the weather was as bad then as it is now so nothing really changes.

The new Caerlaverock Castle

Barnacle Geese and a Whooper Swan in one of the fields.

One of the many flocks of Geese we saw flying into the reserve.