Yesterday we left Glentrool and toured the Machars, a peninsula in south west Dumfries and Galloway. This was an area of low lying rolling hills with a lot of history.
First stop was the fairly newly opened Galloway distillery but sadly the whisky, although beautifully presented, was above what I was willing to pay.
The next stop was the Torhouse standing stones. An impressive circle of stones about 4000 years old.
We then went to Garlieston Harbour which played a significant role in World War II. It was innovation in its day, tasked with coming up with different ways of landing as the area had very similar features to Normandy.
Stopped at Back Bay for a coffee and to check out a future wild camping stop.
Ended up at Balloch O’Dee campsite for the night. This is a cool location which may as well be “off grid”. Access is by a very remote road and the site encourages back to basics camping ie fire pits, rustic facilities and playing of instruments around the fire. Illya is “quietly” playing is music through a speaker and hoping not to be told off although we are in a very remote part of the field.
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