We have installed a couple of ponds in the upper garden, hoping to attract more wildlife and provide facilities for the frogs, toads and newts. It’s a bit early in the season yet to find many good pond plants but we hope to have them planted up soon with aquatic plants and a selection of others in the beds around the ponds.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Rabbit Trap
Next Year’s Firewood
Delivery from the Sea
Merrick
One of the most popular walks in the Galloway Hills is the ascent of Merrick, the highest summit in the region.
The first section of the walk follows the Buchan Burn up into the hills. There are a number of small waterfalls providing a good excuse to stop and look at the view.
After a slog up to the the summit of Benyellary this ridge, called the Nieve of the Spit, leads across to the main mass of Merrick.
On a clear day from the Summit of Merrick you can see (from south to north) the Lake District, the Isle of Man, the Irish Mainland, Ailsa Craig, the Mull of Kintyre, Arran and the Scottish Highlands. Here’s the Isle of Man floating in the shining waters of the Irish Sea.
A carved stone at the Culsharg bothy just by the path to Merrick.
Overlooking Loch Trool is this monument to Robert the Bruce who began his campaign for Scottish Independence back in 1307 at the “battle” of Glen Trool.