It is 2 years since we last saw Doreen and Norman from South Wales when they visited Langholm in 2019 but at long last they are back in Scotland and staying for 3 weeks at Barend near Sandyhills. Gaye and I and Tom Stothart met up with them this morning and after morning Coffee at their Chalet we took off to Rockcliffe to walk the upper footpath to Kippford and then back via the lower footpath.
The weather was glorious and both Rockliffe and Kippford was busy with walkers and bathers
Doreen and Norman's daughter Lindsay was up staying with them for a few days with her husband John.
Gaye with Doreen and Lindsay near Rockcliffe on the lower path
A few years ago I wrote an article for the E & L Advertiser about the walk from Kippford to Rockcliffe and I mentioned this Ice Cream van at Rockcliffe and we were delighted to see it is still there so Lindsay and Tom took advantage of it.
This is Heston island viewed from Rockcliffe
All 7 of us at the start of the walk with dogs Findlay and Milo
This is Kippford from the upper pathway and the tide is coming in and will be at high tide in another hour.
Tom and Norman and Findlay the dog named after a Scottish Rugby Internationalist Findlay Calder
Gaye on the sea front at Rockcliffe in front of some lovely plants. After our walk we headed back to Barend and had a lovely meal courtesy of Doreen and Lindsay with new potatoes grown by Norman and brought specially for us from Wales.
