
Criffel from Carsethorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Carse Sands, the first beach in Scotland, makes for joyous walking after yesterday’s road slog. I can see England across the Solway but the coastline feels very wild here already, I was expecting to head a lot further north before the landscape would feel this elemental.

Carse Sands, the first beach in Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
Underfoot there’s an abundance and lusciousness of seaweed I haven’t seen before. Overhead the vast flocks of geese are as much a part of the landscape here as the ever-present outline of the mountain Criffel and the Solway Firth.

Shell shore, Borron Point, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Borron Point, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Golden shore, Powillimount, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Southerness lighthouse, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Last light on Criffel from Mersehead Sands, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Mersehead sands sunset I, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Skein of geese, Mersehead nature Reserve, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Last light over the Solway Firth from Mersehead, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Mersehead sands sunset II, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Mersehead sands sunset III, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Mersehead sands sunset IV, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

Mersehead sands sunset V, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
From the www: “The name means Crow’s Hill, with fel or fell a name applied to many a west coast top. Like Meigle Hill of last week, Criffel is another Marilyn; a hill with a drop of at least 150m all round.”
She’s been my muse for many a week now, all the way back to St Bees head in Cumbria
“Southerness lighthouse” and “Shell Shore” are so beautiful! Keep up the good work!
will do!