DUMFRIES AND Galloway is one of the most convenient areas of Scotland to visit. From England, just cross over the border on the M6 and turn left at Gretna.
If you are coming from the north, get on the M74 heading towards England and take a right.
It may be close at hand but it is still overflowing with all the ingredients that make Scotland such an attraction for tourists – wonderful scenery, history and heritage, interesting towns, great food and, of course, whisky. It doesn’t have the mountains of the Highlands, but it does have sweeping hills and forests, beaches and bays, and bags of heritage, both recent and way back into the past.
After duly turning left at Gretna, we took the B721 route to Dumfries
