Another Walk round Castle Loch

We were last round Castle Loch at Lochmaben exactly 2 years ago when there were 12 of us on a Birthday Walk. It was only 3 of us today for this lovely walk but it was dry and we enjoyed the 5 miles walk.

Its been a great year for Fungi and this was growing on the side of a tree next to the Loch.

I reckon these trees blown over were the result of Storm Ali a couple of weeks ago. Here 3 trees were uprooted all at the same time. They look to have a very shallow root system. 

This is the view of them from the other side.

Another very colourful Fungi 

Tom and John enjoying themselves 

We spent 15 minutes in the bird hide and this is the view from it.  

The walk goes past Lochmaben Castle

The route took us through this ploughed field but the farmer had kindly left a clear track for walkers as its a right of way

As we approached Lochmaben we headed through the Golf Course which was quite busy today

We finished our walk with a lunch in the cafe attached to the Bakers shop. a lovely walk in good company with nice mild weather and we managed to beat the rain which came in the afternoon but did not stay for long.