A panoramic view of the famous Belted Galloway Cattle grazing over rough hill land near the Glenkilns reservoir in Irongray parish.
The Mull of Galloway looking North (above) from the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse (below). The Mull of Galloway is the most Southerly part of Dumfries and Galloway and Scotland.
Why not visit the Red Kite Feeding Centre near Laurieston, Castle Douglas for a wonderful sight of those recently introduced species to the area. They are now thriving and come to this location to be fed at 2 pm each day
Did you know:-
- In 1912, the Arrol-
Johnston Motor Car Company erected the first Ferro Concrete factory in Britain, at Heathall on the outskirts of Dumfries. Arrol- Johnston was founded by locomotive engineer George Johnston and the engineer of the Forth Bridge, Sir William Arrol. Under a variety of names, the company manufactured cars from 1896 until 1931. An Arrol- johnston won the inaugural Tourist Trophy (TT) race on the Isle of Man in 1905, beating the Rolls- Royce into second place.
- At Eskdalemuir, in bleak, high Scotttish moorland setting, is the largest Tibetan Buddhist Monastery in Western Europe. The Samye Ling Centre was founded by two refugee Tibetan monks in 1967.
- Thomas Telford (1757-
1834), Scotland’s greatest engineer, was born the son of a shepherd in Westerkirk, Near Moffat. He designed and built countless bridges, roads and canals throughout Britain and is buried in Westminster Abbey. Amongst his most famous works are the DeanBridge in Edinburgh, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct over the River Dee in Wales, Britain’s longest and highest aqueduct, the Menai Suspension bridge, the world’s first large suspension bridge, also in Wales, the Caledonian Canal and the A 5 road between London and Holyhead.
- Sanquhar, a small town on the River Nith, is home to the world’s oldest Post Office. It was established in 1763 and ran a horseback service to Edinburgh.
- Ae, a tiny village 8 miles (13 km) north of Dumfries, founded in 1947 to house forestry workers, has the shortest name of any village or town in Britain. It is also the only place name in Britain without a consonant.