Pup Obi Travels

Day two of our visit onto Dumfries and Galloway and we headed out to Drumtroddan, which is on the Wigtown Peninsula where we are staying to find the cup and ring rocks. Anywhere between 3-5,000 years old, who made these marks, for what purpose unknown. But they are found all over the place in this region of Scotland. There are standing stones nearby which could have a significance.

The history of Scotland is just as wild, fascinating and mysterious as in England and Wales and a lot of the bit of history are just even today are unknown which does make history fascinating as we don’t know all the answers. These rocks I have never seen before. Never on my travels with my parents or until I met Mark. Already I have started seeing things I have never seen before.

Mottes are a common site in England. But again until I met Mark never actually visited one. This is one of the largest I think we have encountered. Not in size, but in steepness. As you can see from the picture, we had to use the rope provided to assist on reaching the top. These Anglo Saxon timber castles would have been an interesting site on the landscape and intimidating as well to your enemies.

From the motte, we also visited St Finians Chapel, which is on the west coast line before reaching Glenluce Abbey. The abbey was founded around 1190 by Rolland or Lochlann, Lord of Galloway. I have visited a few abbeys, not many, Bolton Abbey in Yorkshire on a school trip. But this was my first abbey with Mark.

After the abbey we headed further West, all the way to Port Patrick. Beyond is the Irish Sea. We stopped at Killantringan Bay which has a lighthouse on one of the peninsulas of land that stick out around the bay. We saw several birds, sparrows, dunnock and some finches, the area was very pretty and relaxing. The sea on the rocks of the bay, the countryside and coastline stretching out. The end of Dumfries and Galloway, Ireland laying across the water.

Our last port of call was Porr Patrick which lies just further down the coast from the bay. A pretty town, along the coast, quiet, not to busy and pleasant place to walks long the harbour and listen to seagulls.