Saturday 11th July started off warm and sunny. Overnight a number of other campers had arrived and set up around us at The Isle of Whithorn. We moved on to the town of Whithorn and visited the ruined Priory.

Then we visited the Drumtroddan stones which featured prehistoric carvings of rings and cups. Ann thought these very interesting!

Next visit was to the Torhouse Stone Circle near Wigtown.

We called in at Newton Stewart to top up our LPG cylinders and then headed north east into Galloway Forest Park - a vast area of conifer forest reputedly having the darkest skies of anywhere in Britain.

Rather stupidly we turned off down a single track road which went for miles and miles into the wilderness and ended with a "no unauthorised vehicles beyond this point" sign. We then had to go miles and miles back to the main road.

That was about it for the day. We travelled on through New Galloway and Castle Douglas and eventually stopped for the night in a layby south of Dalbeattie. The weather is pretty foul now - wind and rain - what's new?