For the past few days it has been cold and foggy, so I went out with the camera to Carlingwark Loch* at the bottom of Castle Douglas to see what I could find.
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*For those who don't know, a loch is the Scottish word for a lake
Just beautiful....I love fog and water....and early mornings.
ReplyDeleteIt looks very peaceful there. A place where I could probably sit for hours and ponder life’s wonders.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, still and calm. Beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteIsn't Castle Douglas supposed to be cursed or haunted or something? Read that somewhere...
I long for a day without rain. Curse you, global warming!
ReplyDeleteTara Marie - thank you. It was in fact mid to late afternoon, but there was no way of telling by the light, other than about an hour later it started getting dark.
ReplyDeleteBstrong - you wouldn't have been able to sit for long without freezing your butt off. Part of the loch round the corner was still covered in ice from all the frosty mornings and freezing fog we've had. It had only risen to one or two degrees above freezing.
Asher - thank you.
Andraste - there's nothing round here haunted that I'm aware of. Castle Douglas is a small town, rather than an actual Castle. The local castle is Threave Castle which is a ruin and has been for a few hundred years, but there are no local legends of it being haunted as far as I know. I'm sure the local tourist board would be the first to play it up if there was!
Gyrobo - getting a lot where you are then?
Kim, it looks beautiful. Any monsters in the loch?
ReplyDeleteThank you Stella. No monsters that I'm aware of - sorry to disappoint.
ReplyDeleteTch...silly me, I was thinking of Argylle. Maybe I just watch too much TV.
ReplyDeleteWell if you get to know Scotland via the TV and movies you'll be convinced that everyone walks around in kilts, drinks whisky and has porridge for breakfast, and that every loch has a monster and every castle has a ghost.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I think an awful lot of tourists to Scotland feel a twang of disappointment to find that apart from some stunning scenery and a lot of rain, Scotland's much like anywhere else.
Though I'm sure Dr Maroon would have a lot to say on the subject ;)
What beautiful shots...
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woops and this is the board link to the comments http://www.nads.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=007129
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ReplyDeleteYeah Carlingwark is haunted. Legend has it an entire town lies at its depths and the church bells have been heard ringing on particularily windy nights.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Sitemeter, anonymous, you're from BC, Canada. Are you originally from round here then?
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