Places to see in ( Dumfries - UK )
Places to see in ( Dumfries - UK )
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. Dumfries is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was a civil parish and became the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South. People from Dumfries are known colloquially as Doonhamers.
Like the rest of Dumfries and Galloway, of Scotland's three major geographical areas Dumfries lies in the Southern Uplands. The river Nith runs through Dumfries toward the Solway Firth in a southwards direction splitting the town into East and West.
Dumfries has a long history as a county town, and as the market town of a surrounding rural hinterland. Dumfries is a relatively prosperous community but the town centre has been exposed to the centrifugal forces that have seen retail, business, educational, residential and other uses gravitate towards the town's urban fringe.
Located on top of a small hill, Dumfries Museum is centred on the 18th century windmill which stands above the town. Included are fossil footprints left by prehistoric reptiles. Based in the control tower near Tinwald Downs, the aviation museum has an extensive indoor display of memorabilia which strives to preserve aviation heritage, much of which has come via various recovery activities.
The Theatre Royal, Dumfries was built in 1792 and is the oldest working theatre in Scotland. There are a number of festivals which take place throughout the year, mostly based on traditional values. Guid Nychburris (Middle Scots, meaning Good Neighbours) is the main festival of the year, a ceremony which is largely based on the theme of a positive community spirit.
Dumfries is linked to the Northbound A74(M) motorway at Beattock via the A701 road. The A75 road eastbound links Dumfries to the southbound A74(M), leading to the M6 motorway and Carlisle. The A75 road west links Dumfries with the ferry port of Stranraer. The A76 road connects to Kilmarnock in Ayrshire. Dumfries railway station lies on the Glasgow South Western Line. It was awarded Best Station Awards by British Rail in 1986 and 1987. The train service is now operated by private company Abellio ScotRail which provides services to Glasgow and Carlisle, and less frequent services direct to Newcastle. The nearest station to Dumfries on the West Coast Mainline is 14 miles (23 km) east along the A709 road at Lockerbie, and the nearest West Coast Mainline station linking directly to Dumfries by rail is Carlisle.
As the largest settlement in Southern Scotland, Dumfries is recognised as a centre for visiting surrounding points of interest. The following are all within easy reach:
John Paul Jones Cottage Museum – The traditional Scottish cottage in which John Paul Jones was born in 1747.
Solway Coast
Sweetheart Abbey in the village of New Abbey
New Abbey Corn Mill Museum
Criffel – a hill on the Solway Coast popular with hill walkers for its magnificent views of the Southern Scottish coastline and across the Solway Firth to the Lake District of Cumbria
Threave Castle in Castle Douglas, home to the Douglas Clan of James Douglas who fought with Robert the Bruce
Moniaive conservation village
Moffat and the views nearby of The Devil's Beef Tub, The Grey Mare's Tail waterfall and the A708 from Moffat past the Grey Mare's Tail to St Mary's Loch.
Mabie Forest - popular destinations for outdoor recreation such as mountain bike and walking.
Ae village and forest
Lochmaben with its lochs popular with boaters and also its history with Robert the Bruce
Wanlockhead – Britain's highest village registered at 1,531 feet (467 m) above sea level and the Lead Mining Museum
Caerlaverock Castle
Drumlanrig Castle
Kagyu Samyé Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre was the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre to have been established in the West.
Bridge house museum at the foot of the old bridge within Dumfries
Burns' house & mausoleum in St Micheals graveyard
the Robert Burns centre on the mill sands dumfries
At Twynholm is the David Coulthard Museum.
Gretna Green and the Old Blacksmith's Shop famous for runaway marriages.
Tharpaland – International Buddhist Retreat Centre under the auspices of the New Kadampa Tradition. Kelsang Gyatso completed a three-year retreat at Tharpaland.
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Gold Nugget
A gold hunter has had a stroke of luck after discovering Britain’s largest ever nugget - which is the width of a golf ball. The plucky explorer found the precious 85.7g [2.75 Troy ounces] lump while diving in a Scottish river and it is estimated to be worth upwards of £50,000. Named the Douglas Nugget, it is the biggest gold nugget to have been unearthed in British waters for 500 years.
It was discovered two years ago by a British father but he has kept it a secret until now. The man - in his 40s - wishes to remain anonymous due to the magnitude of his find. The nugget was discovered in a mystery river in Scotland and its exact whereabouts is being kept under wraps.
Gold expert Leon Kirk, from Gold Panning Supplies UK talks about the nugget, with the finder of the ‘Douglas Nugget’ wanting to remain anonymous due to its value worth upwards of £50,000.
LEADHILLS SCOTLAND 2017
DRIVE UP THE LEADHILLS SOUTH LANARKSHIRE 2017
Sniping a Lovely 0.84g Scottish Picker
On a recent trip back to Scotland and in the are of Tyndrum, i decided to wander off from the area i was working and checked out some bedrock just down stream of a waterfall.
I then came across a Lovely 0.84 Gram picker.
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Gold panning do not do. Will get panning band
Narrow Gauge Railways of Great Britain The Hythe Pier Railway October 2017
Just where has this year gone? The last series of 2017 but a couple of trips still could be on the cards.
We have visited 42 new railways in 2017,still many more to go before we can say we have rode on them all.
We start this series with a visit to the Hythe Pier Railway a Narrow gauge three rail electric,very rare to see a narrow gauge electric.
We really enjoyed our stay riding the railway,watching the boats travelling along the Southampton Water in the sunshine.
Gold panning in the UK - 19 (2017)
October 2017 Sluicing on the river today after a a bit of crevicing
Shieldaig Village May 2018
Shieldaig Village as it is - May 2018. (No apologies for using this bit of my music again, it fits).
Bekonscot Model Village May 2016
After our miniature train ride we spent a lot of time looking around the model village,you just cannot imagine how much time goes into building these houses and gardens,even the railway is run like the real thing and all the Bonsai trees just amazing.Sorry about the odd shake all my videos are taken hand held these days.
BEN NEVIS SCOTLAND`S HIGHEST POINT
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles. Standing at 1,344 metres (4,409 ft) above sea level, it is located at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands, close to the town of Fort William.I CLIMBED BEN NEVIS 4-th JUNE 2013 USED THE PONY PATH FROM GLEN NEVIS VISITORS CENTRE AND DESCENT VIA CARN MOR DEARG ARETE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE NORTH FACE OF BEN NEVIS.I CLIMBED THIS MOUNTAIN WITHIN 2 HOURS AND 25 MINUTES.The 700-metre (2,300 ft) cliffs of the north face are among the highest in the United Kingdom, providing classic scrambles and rock climbs of all difficulties for climbers and mountaineers. They are also the principal locations in the UK for ice climbing.