Mains of Machermore

We had a look at the area south of the CL site. Driving first to Wigtown, we passed over the river at Newton Stewart. Due to all the rain the river was running quite fast and the weir by the bridge was raging.
We parked up just outside of Wigtown in a car park next to a memorial. In 1685, two female Covenanters were tied to posts in the adjacent river and drowned. They were not prepared to cast away their religious principles in the face of the movement for the devine right of the Scottish kings and Escopicy. A granite post memorial is reached by a short walk across a boardwalk above the river. The women drowned on the rising tide.
We then wandered up a short hill into into the town, which is known as the bookshop of Scotland.
There were bookshops aplenty in the wide square at the centre of the town. We had been told about a quirky one to look out for, which was a bookshop come cafe called Reading Glasses. We popped in for a very pleasant coffee, fruit scone, and tea. We also found a great community recycling store in the town and left with crafty goodies at bargain prices.
From there, we toured further south to the Isle of Whithorn. Here we parked up in the old town next to the harbour and walked over the man made isthmus to the island. We stopped first of all to have a look at the museum in the dockside church, which told much of the story about the village. A lot of it centred around the sea faring and fishing community.
An old Chapel dedicated to St Ninian lies on the island. There were short walks around the island, which we completed.
Leaving here, we drove a few miles along the coast to a remote car park, from where we walked down to a pebble beach. At one end of the beach lay a large cave entrance from which St Ninian allegedly performed some miracles.
We drove back to base along the scenic coast road A747 to Glenluce, which was pretty.Læs mere