Pup Obi Travels

Oh this is exciting!

I have not been to Dumfries & Galloway in years.  Not since I was a child.  Our first holiday away together and we get to explore one of Marks most favorite places in this country.  I loved this holiday so much. 

Fond memories of our exploring.

So we drove up from Cheshire, booking into a small b&b cottage run by two gay guys in the Wigtown Peninsula. On the way we stopped off at Cairnholy, two burial chambers up on a hillside nor far down Kirkcudbright, one of the places I am sure mum and dad used to take me when I was a child. It’s next to a farm but they are well preserved and impressive with their atmospheric moorlands behind a view over the Wigtown Bay.

Cairnholy Burial Chambers have a fascinating location on the hillside and several cup and ring mark rocks can be found in the area and also Kirkdale Church which is no longer used. We didn’t visit that on this visit as once we have visited the chambers we carried on to our accommodation.  More exploring on the next day.

So it’s our second day in Scotland. Odd to do some exploring. So we ventured down the road from our B&B and found this, Torhouse Stone Circle. So our first stone circle to find in Scotland. Quite nice to seez love the whole neolithic sites as they are part of long past and pagan routes, lots of mysterious surround them. This one is said that the centre stones hold the grave site of Galdus a mythical Scottish king.

From Torhouse, we went south towards Wigtown, as our aim was to visit Isle of Whithorn as there a few historical sites to see. The first we saw was St Ninian’s Chapel. Out on the peninsula this small ruined chapel dates back to the 13th century. It was a lovely spot next to the sea, the waves, even watched a small boat which was likely our catching fish in tej sea.

We went inland a little bit to Whithorn village where we had a wonderful round. It was a quiet village, way down on the peninsula. Where as people visiting this area go to Wigtown (book town) a few miles away, Whithorn maybe gets a little over looked. Not sure but it was quiet and that was nice. The harbour had a few boats in, nothing much happening and then we walked to the priory. Whithorn Priory, is not as big as impressive as some like Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire. But this abbey, small, but well preserved and again plenty to read about it. We didn’t spend too long looking around, quick nosy and we went around the village next.

Please have a look at the gallery at the top of the post as the photo gallery has a lot more photos of the places we visit and I have hyperlinked to information online about some of the places.

Our last port of call after Port Patrick, a small village on the Eastside of the Wigtown Peninsula. Looking out to see, this small village like so many places we visited on this holiday was not over stayed, peaceful and not over crowded with people. It makes these places great to visit as you’re not jostled or feel in a rush. You can simply take your time to explore the location and its features. I really liked Port Patrick and the sign with all the different locations was an interesting feature in itself.