• David Reid
  • David Reid

Portpatrick Long Weekend

Hotel break for our anniversary from the kids. Read more
  • Trip start
    June 7, 2019

    Arriving in Portpatrick

    June 7, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 13 °C

    Finished work early today. Grabbed our cases and left the house at 5.20 pm. There wasn't too much of a delay going thru Glasgow fortunately.
    Two hours and 30 minutes later we arrived here. Checked in and went straight to dinner. The kids had included a welcome pack.Read more

  • Mull Of Galloway Lighthouse

    June 8, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    We drove down the coast to see the lighthouse. Been years since I visited one. We were allowed to park in the grounds of the lighthouse because Norma had her walking sticks. The exhibition was interesting, giving some history of lighthouse keepers and the mechanism for blowing the foghorn. Visibility from the top of the lighthouse wasn't great because of the weather.
    Stopped at the Kirkmadrine Standing stones on the way back. Would have liked to see inside the church
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  • Exploring

    June 9, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ 🌫 13 °C

    We decided to head over to Newton Stewart today.
    Slight change of plans. I thought driving down around the peninsula and up to Newton Stewart was a better idea than driving straight across.
    We reached Port William around about lunchtime. Stopped for paninis and hot chocolate.
    It was lovely and sunny but windy. The cafe supported an inshore lifeboat. Pirsac III. There was a lovely statue beside the car park.
    We reverted back to heading to Newton Stewart after lunch. Found a distillery enroute but it was closed.
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  • Heading Home

    June 10, 2019 in Scotland ⋅ 🌫 12 °C

    Duller here this morning. Had another lovely breakfast.
    Checked out of the hotel & headed into the village for a game of putting. It was a closely contested match. I won 5 - 4. We drew the rest of the 18 holes. Norma was close to getting a hole in 1 three times.
    Grabbed some lunch before leaving. Stopped in a wet rainy layby near Stranraer. Cleared up and we had a lovely sunny journey home.
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    Trip end
    June 10, 2019