Having picked up our daughter in Birmingham, en route to our holiday on the Isle of Skye, we stopped off at Dumfries for the night. The hotel (a Holiday-Inn) was welcoming and we were all welcome for the break in our journey
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Art on display at the Dumfries Holiday-Inn |
We awoke to the drizzly but serene scene of Crichton Memorial Church.
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Crichton Memorial Church, viewed from the Holiday-Inn |
It looks like we are in for a wet and windy drive through the Highlands later today. But it will all add to the drama of the scenery and none of us is made of sugar. :)