Saturday 23rd May

En route to our second accommodation in Dumfries and Galloway, we stopped off at Auchindrain Township Museum which came across to me like it hadn't actually been open that long.  It was a working farm with sheep and chickens, but there were a number of buildings, basically disused or abandoned farm buildings which had been sparsely (hence probably hasn't been open that long) done up so visitors could see how things were back in the day.  The most interesting thing about this was the last building which we went into - it contained a number of pieces of agruciltural equipment, and there was a full explanation not only of what the items were used for, but how they were used and an explanation of processes such as sewing and cultivating potatoes and which plows were used for which crops.  I don't think I have ever been to any museum where there have been such in depth descriptions, so I found it quite interesting.

 Heading on, we had lunch on the edge of Loch Lomond before continuing on to Newton Stewart where we did a food shop and headed finally on to Isle of Whithorn where we settled into our new accommodation for the week.  It was a little sparse and had the 'holiday home' smell which didn't bother me as much as the lack of character.  I don't think it has ben a holiday let for that long, probably.  Nevertheless it was a safe, dry and warm place to stay.  We were truly off grid now - no wifi and barely any mobile reception here...

We had a short walk outside to see the coast and the harbour as it was just around the corner.  We spotted a pub called The Steampacket Inn which we thought we could potentially have dinner in one evening before we leave, and also a shop which sold fresh fish - we thought it might be worth having a little look in there at some point to get something really fresh for dinner one evening.  We went on to St Ninians Chapel which was a ruin before heading back to the cottage.  Oh yes, and we watched the Eurovision Song Contest....!