Back from Holidays!

Me and the Clan have been conspicuous by our absence for the last week and there's a good reason for this - we've been on Holiday! Yes, in Scotland we have our October break the week before Halloween so me and the kids have been enjoying the sights, sounds and smells of Dumfries and Galloway on a weeks caravan holiday.
I've dragged them down to Southerness beach...

On a 4.5 mile hike through Mabie Forest...

Dressed them up like Victorian kiddies at the Museum of Costume...

Took them across farm tracks and uphill to the Waterloo Monument in New Abbey...

And they even got a chance to fly their kites when their Daddy joined us for the last couple of days of our week away!

Alongside the daily swims at the pool on site and the late nights partying -

I ended up with two pooped-out pups at the end of each day! I loved D&G - the landscape was wet and wild and there was tons to do! We did an activity every single day - mostly for free or a nominal fee - and there was still tons we left unexplored as we returned home. One of our favourite places - so good we went twice - was the Dumfries museum and Camera Obscura. Free to enter - although their is a nominal fee for seeing the Camera in action - the museum provides a fascinating insight into the local history and culture of Dumfries along with a look at the wildlife of the area. Natural history and social history? tick! Camera Obscura to bring out your inner child? Tick!
There was a casualty to all this seaside fun - the food. We mostly ate thrown-together food like veggie ramen noodles and Linda Mac snags, mediocre spag bol , sausages with potatoes, carrots and cabbage and greasy chips from the out-of-season chippy. There was some biscuit-eating, some monkey nut eating and a lot of crisp-eating with a bit of fresh and dried fruit thrown in for good measure. We drank rice milk and soya milk and cordial and lots of tea and coffee for the adults. But this was never going to be a holiday about the food - the food was there to fuel the activities. And boy, did we have a lot of fun doing the activities!
Normal MoFo service will resume tomorrow.