Crosshill (walled garden) - Kircudbright

Waking up to rain from a reasonable night's sleep in the shelter of the walled garden we had flapjack for a quick breakfast in the campers kitchen before returning to pack down the tent. As we packed down the tent Jim chatted to us about life and the campsite and picked us some Victoria plums for us from a tree on the pitch "to keep us regular". We enjoyed our plums whilst he gave us route/road advice and then he waves us on our way and we left promising to send him a postcard when we reach Lands End.

On leaving the campsite we were straight back onto NCN Route 7, which takes in some truly stunning scenery through this area of Scotland.

We climbed our way over Nick O'Balloch pass and enjoyed a sweeping descent down to Glentrool where we stopped for a lovely tea and toastie break at the visitor centre and a look at our maps.

As we moved on toward gatehouse of fleet the clouds were amassing and when we checked the forecast it looked like we were in for a wet one so stopped in a pub in Gatehouse of Fleet (which I was happy to find does have a little gatehouse!!) to use their free wifi and find a hostel or a B and B for the night.

Having reserved a B & B in Kircudbright we peddled our way there pronto, stopping only for directions to the B & B from a lady on a Brompton bike who turned out to be the B & B owner's friend. After a shower and a change we decide to visit Polarbites, the award winning fish and chip shop in Kircudbright for dinner and Rob ha a fantastic fish and chips whilst I had a fairly good bowl of moules with chips. A lovely way to round off our last evening in Scotland!