Ayr Tuesday

We woke this morning to a cool, rainy day. Gill’s back is still very uncomfortable, so we didn’t plan to do a lot today. We did visit the Old Bridge House, Dumfries' oldest house, built in 1660 into the sandstone of the fifteenth century Devorgilla Bridge. Still raining.

Too wet to walk around, so we headed south to Kirkcudbright and visited our first National Trust for Scotland property. Broughton House and Garden was the home of one of Scotland’s famous artists, Edward Atkinson Hornel. He bought the house in 1901 and made it into his studio as well as his home. He painted many scenes with children.

As it was still raining, we headed west to the coast and took our time getting to Ayr for the night. The GPS took us along some unexpected roads.

We have booked a nice B&B for 2 nights, hopefully to give Gill’s back a break. We can take our time here, walk a little and drive a little.