Dumfries and Galloway is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, located in the western part of the Southern Uplands. It is bordered by East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and South Lanarkshire to the north; Scottish Borders to the north-east; the English ceremonial county of Cumbria, the Solway Firth, and the Irish Sea to the south, and the North Channel to the west. The administrative centre and largest settlement is the town of Dumfries. The second largest town is Stranraer, located 76 miles (122 km) to the west of Dumfries on the North Channel coast.
Dumfries and Galloway
A Virgin Pendolino leaving Lockerbie station for Carlisle
Stena Line provided HSS sailings between Stranraer and Belfast
The Minerva building of Dumfries Academy
The Southern Uplands are the southernmost and least populous of mainland Scotland's three major geographic areas. The term is used both to describe the geographical region and to collectively denote the various ranges of hills and mountains within this region. An overwhelmingly rural and agricultural region, the Southern Uplands are partly forested and contain many areas of open moorland - the hill names in the area are congruent with these characteristics.
The hills around Durisdeer from the A702 road
Grey Mare's Tail in the Moffat Hills from the Bodesbeck Ridge in the Ettrick Hills
Source of the River Clyde where the Daer Water meets the Potrail Water
From Hart Fell looking west to the Devil's Beef Tub.
