Next on the agenda is Caerlaverock Castle on the Solway shore just south of Dumfries. I know there are many pictures of XMarks forays to Caerlaverock so I'll not post too many pics.
First we hopped into our trusty rented Vauxhall and headed to the shore parking lot on the Caerlaverock grounds. If you look over the hood of the car and over the berm (across the Solway Firth) you can just see the hills of Northwest England in the distance.
The plan had been to park here and hike the few miles to the castle but alas the trail was too muddy thru the marshes so we er....drove.
Front gate of the castle:
The Lairds Apartments:
And a side wall with the moat in the foreground. (This was a large castle for its time.)
Here's one of me looking "through" the back wall across the moat and "back 40". Note my brand new Tilley Hat that alas is now lost deep in the horrible depths of Heathrow Airport. No worries though - I replaced it as soon as we got home.
Thats it for now. I'll try to add some more tonight.
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