Looking west with Criffel Hill in the background beyond Dumfries.
Lochmaben's four lochs.
Lockerbie, scene of Scotland's biggest mass murder when a Pan American Boeing 747 was brought down on the town by a terrorist bomb in December 1988.
A last look at those cooling towers, with the Solway Firth in the background
Gretna, where the River Esk (from Scotland -lower) and River Eden (from England - upper) come together to form the Solway Firth. The stadium just below centre of view is Raedale Park, home of Gretna Football Club.
Back to the home airport for lunch and as Riverkilt's dad served here with the RAF during World War II when Carlisle Airport was known as RAF Crosby-on-Eden, I'd promised to get some pics of the Cadpat kilt against a backdrop of the original wartime buildings. This is the control tower, although the cupola in which Air Traffic Control operate is a post-war replacement of the original.
I had lunch in the bar/restaurant in the ground floor of the control tower. During World War II this was the Met. Office.
Final pic of the day at the nearby Sportsman Inn. This would have been one of Riverkilt's dad's haunts, though in that era it would have been known as the Dog and Gun. It has since reverted to its original Sportsman name.
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