Many of our recent meanderings have seen us returning to places that we have already visited — either this year or last year — but doing different things. Last Thursday, on Bruce’s 6th birthday, we headed out to Lochmaben where we had done a local walk with Bruce last year. Last year’s Castle Walk took us around the Loch to see ruins of a castle and fun sculptures carved from the trees along the walk. This year we opted for a longer out-and-back hike along a portion of the Annandale Way that took us from the loch to Joe Graham’s monument outside of the community of Hightae. (We had also walked a bit of the 55 mile Annandale Way out of the town of Annan a week ago.) It was a great walk that was well-marked, and Bruce showed off how well he is aging!
On Friday, Bob and I went back to Castle Douglas to walk around it’s lake and also to stop by the local brewery for a 5 pound tour and tasting. We don’t have any photos of the Sulwarth Brewery, but we had a great tour lead by the owner who told us about the history of the brewery (both the beer and the facility), how they had learned to bottle their own beer and how they are doing this for other UK craft brewers as well. We also enjoyed our tastes of the beer that they are producing. 
We also returned to Moffat to do some more hiking. This time we chose the Craigieburn Forest Walk. We had a lovely hike, but didn’t complete the “official” hike, as we ran out of trail markers and distinguishable path.
Peckish Travels 