Many red kites, many curlew many swallows, many larks, many wee black lambs, a herd of very muddy brown cows lying on the road and my favourite, a hare we startled on descent from the moor to the St. John's town of Dalry to moniaive main road. It ran straight down the hill on the road for two hundred metres in front then nipped under a gate,
In sculptural news a very will situated Henry Moore on another descent earlier and the golds worthy at Penpont.
Driving home we detoured to durisdeer kirk to look at the Queensberry Marbles. These are quite mental by Van Nost in maybe 17th or early 18th century. Commemorating a lot of dead Douglas who were underneath in their lead coffins. Very fetching Georgian handle on the door in at the back of the Kirk.
Drumlanrig sportive was quite a challenge as we put info available into brains which had done this before where after 57 miles you return to Drumlanrig for lunch then do the wanlockhead loop after lunch. But this year the long route did not return to Drumlanrig until 81 miles. Fortunately I believe Andy golds worthy or his replicant fed me some excellent home baking at the foot of Dunreggan Brae which is 30per cent.
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