A favourite run of mine today down to Dumfries. The main road, the
A76, is good - fast with lots of bends. But today I took the minor road on the
west side of the River Nith. This suits the CBF's pace better and, being a cool
morning, reduced the wind chill effect.
Road beside the River
Nith
The CBF at Eliock
Bridge
I like a yarn, but
I'm not buying this one. No way did a horse gouge solid sandstone. If I had to
guess, these marks were made by a steel cable being used to remove a fallen
tree from the bridge pier.
The River Nith from
the bridge
Perfect - a nice
quiet back road
The parish church at
Penpont
Auldgirth Bridge.
The bridge has
unusual refuges built into the parapets
Looks like a nice
watering hole. And old - built in the 1500's.
Spring lambs - new-born it seems
Dalswinton Barony
Church
Spring flowers in
Dumfries
Swans in Dumfries
Abandoned fishing
boat at Glencaple
Nice yarn, and beautiful scenery there.
ReplyDeleteIt was a bit cold (about 5C/40F) for a run of this length (160 miles) but it was good to get out in some bright weather and nice to see signs of spring. Hopefully I'll get further afield by the end of this month.
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