Dumfries

We left Redcar early in the morning to head further north into Scotland. We were hoping to reach some warmer weather. As we moved westwards, we left the cold behind and had our breakfast in the van under sunshine in a layby on the A66.
We arrived in Dumfries late in the morning and managed to find a space in a central car park. We spent a couple of hours looking around the town, which lies on the River Nith. Dumfries was the adopted town of Robbie Burns, Scotland's famous poet and bard. He was one of the local excise agents, which duties he performed alongside his poetry. The town museums cover RB specifically and general local history, and are all staffed by friendly locals who are obviously very proud of their town.
We visited the oldest house, now a museum on the bridge, the RB information centre, and had a look at the house where RB lived with his wife, now open to visitors. The Globe drinking house, which RB frequented, is closed for business on Mondays.
Leaving Dumfries we made our way south to our site (for two nights) at Kippford View. We were the only ones staying on the site but the staff were clearly getting things ready for the following bank holiday weekend and school holidays.
We had time to set ourselves up then set off on a three mile circular walking route along the valley.Læs mere