{"id":10356,"date":"2015-10-17T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T05:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=10356"},"modified":"2018-05-03T14:38:52","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T18:38:52","slug":"scotland-2015-day-16-barnsley-to-bankend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=10356","title":{"rendered":"#Scotland 2015 Day 16 &#8211;  Barnsley to Bankend"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">#Scotland 2015 &#8211; Sept 26, 2015<\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m32!1m12!1m3!1d1195191.4065433543!2d-3.3946483944309307!3d54.19144114968012!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m17!3e0!4m5!1s0x0%3A0x4ca8d1898fbbf25f!2sPremier+Inn+Barnsley+Dearne+Valley!3m2!1d53.516492!2d-1.377173!4m3!3m2!1d53.5470429!2d-1.4672522!4m5!1s0x487d34b2170dc0d9%3A0xb537ed04e3a909ec!2sBankend%2C+United+Kingdom!3m2!1d55.001129!2d-3.522378!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1444675064301\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since my leg gave me grief yesterday and wouldn&#8217;t allow me to walk all the way to the Barnsley Cemetery and back to the hotel, we headed straight here after breakfast. The weather cooperated and although the sun was in the wrong place for some of the photos, the architecture here was beautiful.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11014\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1682.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11014 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1682.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1682.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1682-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1682-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barnsley Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11015\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1690.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11015 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1690.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1690.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1690-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1690-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barnsley Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11016\" style=\"width: 3888px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3925.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11016 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3925.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"3888\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3925.jpg 3888w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3925-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3925-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3888px) 100vw, 3888px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barnsley Cemetery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I could have spent a lot more time prowling around through here but I do have plenty of photos to be able to draw from (only a sample are here on the blog) when it comes time to sit down and write. We were booked in at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huttonlodge.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hutton Lodge<\/a> near Dumfries that night so we had to get a move on.<\/p>\n<p>The going was slow for a time because of the roadworks on the M1 (construction season here, too) but traffic still flowed smoothly. The motorways are great when you need to get from point A to point B in the shortest amount of time, but we much prefer the slower pace of the secondary roads.<\/p>\n<p>The further away from Barnsley we got, the more overcast it became.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11017\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1700.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11017 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1700.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1700.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1700-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1700-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Pennines along the A66<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As we approached the junction with the M6 motorway at Penrith, the police were at the scene of an accident. A guy had dumped his motorcycle and slid under the guardrail &#8211; his bike still wedged there. He was on a stretcher and two of the emergency responders held a blanket up blocking the view of the passersby. I figured he was dead and if not then, very soon.<\/p>\n<p>Onto the M6 we went stopping at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gretnagateway.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gretna Gateway Outlet Village<\/a> &#8211; not to shop but to find a cashpoint because we needed cash and to use the toilets (what else is new?).<\/p>\n<p>Before we got back on the road, hubby put the postcode for Hutton Lodge into Satnav Sally. The directions brought us in the back way (less traffic &#8211; yay!) but at an impossible angle to pull in the driveway to Hutton Lodge. At least we knew where it was so we could come back from the opposite direction and be able to pull in easily.<\/p>\n<p>Now that we knew where our B&amp;B was located, we could set out to explore. I had heard of Morton Castle from a friend who used to live in the area. It&#8217;s a Historic Scotland property so it was easy to find in the HS maps on our satnav. Driving there was a different story.<\/p>\n<p>It would be really easy to miss the castle as it&#8217;s down below the hill. But we found it. Unfortunately, the ground was wet and muddy from previous rains.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11018\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1708.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11018 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1708.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1708.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1708-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1708-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">near Morton Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11019\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1713.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11019 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1713.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1713.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1713-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1713-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morton Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11021\" style=\"width: 3456px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1722-e1444736507102.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11021 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1722-e1444736507102.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"3456\" height=\"5184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1722-e1444736507102.jpg 3456w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1722-e1444736507102-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1722-e1444736507102-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Door in Morton Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The &#8216;club&#8217; shaped window in the door was too high for me to be able to look out it to get my picture so I just held the camera up in the opening and clicked, having no idea what I would get. The photo below is the result of my efforts. Not bad, eh?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11020\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1721.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11020 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1721.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1721.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1721-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1721-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scene shot from the door in Morton Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11022\" style=\"width: 2592px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3940-e1444736592858.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3940-e1444736592858.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"2592\" height=\"3888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3940-e1444736592858.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3940-e1444736592858-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3940-e1444736592858-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2592px) 100vw, 2592px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Location of the door from the outside of Morton Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11023\" style=\"width: 3888px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3933.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11023 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3933.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"3888\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3933.jpg 3888w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3933-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3933-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3888px) 100vw, 3888px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Great Hall at Morton Castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was late enough now that we could return to Hutton Lodge and check in. The only traffic we saw on this road was a family with their dog, and a young girl on a horse. The horse was skittish so rather than spook it, I pulled over as far as I could and shut the car off until after they passed.<\/p>\n<p>When we arrived at Hutton Lodge, our host helped us bring our luggage in and made us a reservation for supper at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nithhotel.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nith Hotel<\/a> in Glencaple.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11024\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11024\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1729.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11024 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1729.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1729.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1729-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1729-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11024\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our room at Hutton Lodge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11025\" style=\"width: 3888px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3945.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11025 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3945.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"3888\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3945.jpg 3888w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3945-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3945-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3888px) 100vw, 3888px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our room at Hutton Lodge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11027\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11027\" style=\"width: 3888px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3947.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11027 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3947.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"3888\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3947.jpg 3888w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3947-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_3947-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3888px) 100vw, 3888px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11027\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our room at Hutton Lodge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once we were settled and I had wi-fi (had to purchase a BT Wi-Fi pass), I googled the accident we had seen earlier. The guy wasn&#8217;t dead after all, but had been airlifted to hospital in serious condition.<\/p>\n<p>Our dinner reservations were for 7:30 but we knew if we stayed in our room much longer, we&#8217;d fall asleep so we took the chance that we could eat sooner than later and drove to the Nith Hotel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11028\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11028\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1735.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11028 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1735.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1735.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1735-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1735-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">replica stones in the garden at Hutton Lodge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11029\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1736.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11029 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1736.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1736.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1736-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1736-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hutton Lodge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The only problem with leaving at this time of day, the sun was directly in my eyes all the way across the Glencaple Road. Thinking that our table wouldn&#8217;t be ready yet as we were about an hour early and the hotel was busy, after parking the car we took in the view and I got a few photos.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11030\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1738.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11030 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1738.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1738.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1738-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1738-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sun setting at Glencaple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was busy in the restaurant but our table was ready. We were in the corner by the windows so we could look out over the Solway Firth. The meal was excellent and great value. Hubby had the gammon steak and I had seafood spaghetti.<\/p>\n<p>Although not completely dark when we came out of the restaurant, the light was changing rapidly. This photo turned out brighter than it actually was.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11031\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11031\" style=\"width: 5184px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1743.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11031 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1743.jpg\" alt=\"Bankend\" width=\"5184\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1743.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1743-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_1743-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5184px) 100vw, 5184px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11031\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset at Glencaple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By the time we got into the car and turned around to go back to the B&amp;B it was pitch black &#8211; and even worse out on the narrow with passing places and no street lights. Some numptie behind me rode my back bumper making it almost impossible for me to see because of the shadow cast by our car in his headlights. First passing place I came to, I pulled in and let him go.<\/p>\n<p>Even on high beams, the headlights weren&#8217;t that great. 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