Nido's in the car park at the most southerly point in Scotland at the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse (///flattery.seatbelt.iceberg). It was very hot and sunny when we arrived but it's now cloudy and has cooled down quite a bit. Despite that, the 360' views from this highpoint are stunning. There was just us and another van for most of the evening, although one more has just turned up.
After about half an hour of rain last night, it was warm and sunny as I took Salty for a walk at Whithorn at 0700 this morning. We'd had a recommendation from Carol Kubicki to visit the Logan Botanical Garden on our way to the lighthouse. She'd kindly sent us a link to one of her blogs listing some gardens she'd visited in Scotland. I had Logan on my list and was happy to take her advice - diolch Carol!
It was about an hour's drive to get there and the drive up to the gardens was lined on both sides of the road with hundreds of palm trees (///catching.exists.acquaint); we thought we'd been transported to Spain or Morocco! The garden's aren't too big to walk around and the entry fee is reasonable at £8 each. We really enjoyed our tour, admiring the many specimens of trees and shrubs from as far afield as Chile and New Zealand. It's definitely worth a visit.
Just a few minutes down the road is Port Logan (///roadblock.taken.trying). We parked up for lunch, before walking along the beach to the old harbour, with a quay and bell tower designed by Thomas Telford. Salty enjoyed being back on the beach, with lots of zoomies into the surf and sand. If you ever watched the BBC series 'Two Thousand Acres of Sky', starring Michelle Collins and Paul Kaye, it was filmed in Port Logan.
Once parked up in a level spot at the Lighthouse, Cathy had a snooze while I sat on the van step enjoying the heat of the sun. Dinner tonight was a chicken madras, followed by a short walk around the cliff tops and up to the lighthouse. It's weird to think that from here John o' Groats is almost as far as London - Scotland is a BIG country!
Now enjoying the peace of the evening, in the warm of the van and after a hot cup of tea. it's time to settle down for the night. Tomorrow we move on to a pre-booked aire close to Galloway Forest, which will be our last night in Scotland (for now), before we head for a campsite in Glenridding in the Lake District to meet up with old and very dear friends.
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