Wednesday, March 07, 2012

Auchinleck 21st January 2012

The weather wasn’t great , a bit showery and very wet underfoot so decided on a walk on a decent forest track. We drove down the Risk Road from Minnigaff to Auchinleck Bridge to park.

1-auchenleck

As we started our walk the sun came out and lit up the Galloway Hills.

2-auchenleck

 

3-moss-blob

A clump of damp moss clinging to a tree.

4-lichen

Interesting lichen

5-empty-cottage

Abandoned cottage

6-galloway-hills

Scots Pines and sun drenched hills

7-lichen

Lichen

8-lichen

…and more

9-waterfall

Plenty of water tumbling down the hills

10-track

The winding path ahead

11-waterfall

Another waterfall

12-lichen

more lichen

13-danger

A bit disconcerting!

14-shells

Shells often used as hardcore here a waste product of the shellfish industry.

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