Friday 29 May.
We had a good night's sleep but Moira was still feeling lousy and coughing when she wakened. I made a cup of tea and after the sport's news on TV I got up and made the breakfast. We had the choice today of walking the final section up the side of Loch Ryan to Glenapp or take the bus to Drummore again and walk down to the lighthouse at the Mull of Galloway. If we did the latter we would have to walk back again to Drummore to catch the bus to return to the site. The forecast said that it would be a good day weather wise, maybe one or two showers but generally OK for walking. We decided to go to the point as this would be the most awkward to come down to do in the future whereas from Stranraer to Glenapp we could do by getting the bus down from Glasgow and return on the bus via Ayr.
We caught the same bus as the other day but it was 5 minutes late this time. It was the same meandering route over to Port Logan and back along the narrow country lane to Drummore. The trail began down at the harbour again and it was along a road that passed some nice cottages on the sea front as we left the town. Once the tar finished it was a gravel track for about a kilometre then it narrowed to a path along the grassy bank above the beach. Soon we got a view of the end of the Mull and the lighthouse on the point. We met a woman on the path who,had stopped to admire the views. She said she was from Carlisle and staying at a caravan at a site a little further up the track. The Maryport caravan site was where the peninsula turned for the last section and we looked for a place sit and have a cup of coffee but there weren't any seats.
The next part was slower going, at first it was through thick grass, then the track narrowed and made its way along the edge of the cliff. It wasn't a steep cliff but it was a drop and underfoot it wasn't very smooth. It wound its way up and down, sometimes down to the beach and at others high up in the fields with sheep and cows. All the way we now had excellent views of the point and the top of the lighthouse sticking above the drop at the southernmost point. When we got close to the tarred road the route seemed to go down to the beach and make its way along the side of the cliff but as the direction wasn't apparent, we decided to take the road for the final kilometre.
As we neared the lighthouse there was a compass with the points of interest marked on it. We could see land ahead which I took to be the coast of Ireland but the compass indicated Ireland to be more to the right. The only land it had to the south, straight ahead, was the north coast of Wales, but I thought that would be too far away for us to see. We had a walk round the outside of the lighthouse, it was £2:50 each to climb to the top and the same again to visit the Mull of Galloway exhibition, we didn't bother. Instead we found a seat in the sun and had our lunch of sandwiches and coffee. As we left I spoke to the man in charge of the exhibition and he told us the land to the south we could see was the Isle of Man. Ireland was more to the right and he pointed out some hills on the distant horizon, the Mountains of Mourne.
For the walk back we decided to take the road. It was a kilometre shorter and a much quicker walk on the tarred surface. We were now into the wind which was strong and cold. We donned our rain jackets that we had taken off earlier when we were feeling warm. The road back was undulating and it was a climb to the top of the ridge before dropping into Drummore. It had only taken 2 hours for the return trip and the first bus wasn't for an hour and a half. We went into a pub near the bus stop and had a couple of beers while waiting for the bus. They had a log fire burning in the bar and it was lovely and warm.
We went out and waited at the bus stop for the bus, we had 5 minutes to wait and were soon on our way back to Sandmills. The first thing I did on arriving at the 'van was to empty the loo, then I relaxed with a cup of coffee and some nuts. The weather had been excellent today and it was warm as we sat in the 'van, we had to open the window in the the roof to keep cool.
After dinner Moira was coughing and feeling sick again so after the washing up was done I made up the bed and she got under the duvet and felt better. We had watched 'Eggheads' then I put on the radio for the 'News Quiz' but for some reason the sound kept breaking up. I tried everything but it didn't help so I turned it off and worked on the crossword when we got to bed. At 8pm there was a 'Lewis' on ITV3 but I had to retune the set to get that channel. This must have helped the problem with the sound as it was all right afterwards. We had seen it before but watched it anyway.
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