Tuesday 13th July 2021

Today we travelled south and stopped to visit Logan Botanical Gardens.

This is a really sensational place.

In a recent poll it was voted the best garden to visit in the whole of Britain!

I could fill this blog with the many photos  took on this visit but that would not adequately convey the specialness of this place. You have to come here yourself to experience that,

I liked these white plants. I didn't get their name.

There are the remains of a medieval  castle in the garden wall.

This pond is reminiscent of those at the Alhambra Palace in Grenada!

 We saw this mega plant in the conservatory.

This is the famous Gunnera Bog. Gunnera are like two and a half metre high rhubarb plants.

These are Tasmanian tree Ferns. They are very large.

We exited Logan Gardens via the giftshop where Ann bought some cards. We travelled  a small distance east and stopped for the day at New England Bay. Here's the view from the side door of our van.

Shortly after arriving here we saw a weasel next to this blackberry bush just outside our door. Of course it was gone before I had time to photograph it. I've seen several of its ilk before - stoats, a polecat and several otters but never a weasel.

The area where we are parked is just outside a Caravan and Motorhome Club campsite however there are no nasty notices here restricting overnight parking which is of great credit to the local authority Dumfries and Galloway County Council.

There are a few other vans here this evening.

When the tide goes out there is a really nice sandy beach here.

Today we travelled 49 miles (79 kilometres).

New England Bay        Street View