Dumfries & Caerlaverock Castle from the Air

[Pour1Malt]

excellent piccies alex!

ta fur those...

an please bring Zara by Ferintosh tae see me...

i'll show her roon the toon!

rrrrooowwwrrrrr!

[Caradoc]

As we regain the Solway coast at the mouth of the River Nith, we swoop in close for a couple of shots of Caerlaverock Castle, 8 miles from Dumfries.

I've driven from Dumfries to Caerlaverock and back again.

I can't figure out how that could possibly be 8 miles. It *felt* like 20-25 miles.

Of course, that was only my second day driving on the other side of the road... in a car with the steering wheel on the other side...

Heck of a drive - but also nowhere near as scary as driving from Glasgow to Oban.

[porrick]

Thanks for posting! Great to pass time while waiting for Burn's Supper in Dumfries

[David Dalglish]

Great photos Alex, its nice to see things from the air

[cgrinder]

Absolutely beautiful!!

[MacTavishOfJapan]

Fantastic photos Alex, seeing Edinburgh from a passenger jet last year was amazing, I can't imagine how cool it is to fly light aircraft. Thanks.

[cessna152towser]

Added a better pic of the Phantom for the benefit of Cavscout and Haukehaien, taken today while the sun shone.

[Splash_4]

Very nice.....

As a pilot friend of mine used to say about the F-4.. It is just aerodynamic proof that if you put a big enough engine on a brick, it will fly!

[cavscout]

So true Splash, that's a fundamental belief in my life sometimes

The Phantoms were great planes. I posted this in another thread but, the Navy was, and probably still is, retro-fitting the Phantoms to become drones that are flown out over the ocean and used as target practice. It may be a wise use of an old plane but I always hated to see them go out and not come back. Such a great, reliable plane.