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"Ye Banks and Braes" and all that. The River Doon has to be one of the most famous rivers in Scotland after being immortalised in the poem by Robert Burns. The Drumgrange and Kiers section runs from Dalmellington to Patna through, what was once, the industrial heart of The Doon Valley. Near the village of Waterside you can find still see the delapidated buildings and chimneys which were part of the ironworks and coal washer that used to stand on the site...... #visitsouthwestscotland #onlyinscotland #doonvalley #gsabiosphere #eastayrshire #mustseeayrshire #southwestcoastal300 #river #rivers #ayrshire #riverdoon https://www.instagram.com/p/CP3iTBmJxF-/?utm_medium=tumblr

No much happens in Dalrymple these days, but at one point it was at the forefront of aeronautical engineering 🤷‍♂️ Mora Weir... Mora Weir lived at Skeldon House, wife of James Weir,who was the brother of the first Viscount Weir. Mora was the first woman in Britain to obtain a flying certificate and along with a Spaniard named Juan De La Cierva, made numerous experiments with an Autogyro (fore runner to the helicopter). Mora Weir used Barbieston Holm as her airfield where she built a large hanger to store the aircraft. The first Helicopter flight in Britain took place at Dalrymple on the 7th June 1938 in a Wier W-5. #visitsouthwestscotland #onlyinscotland #doonvalley #gsabiosphere #eastayrshire #mustseeayrshire #southwestcoastal300 #biospherecommunity #aviation #helicopter #autogyro #engineering https://www.instagram.com/p/CPgeyERn5dG/?utm_medium=tumblr

"What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare."....... Sometimes in my haste to find out of the way, interesting nooks and crannies around The Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Unesco Biosphere I forget what I've got in my own wee part of it. The River Doon, literally, at the bottom of the garden. It's looking gorgeous at the moment 😊 #visitsouthwestscotland #onlyinscotland #doonvalley #gsabiosphere #gsabiospherecommunity #eastayrshire #riverdoonwalks #southwestcoastal300 #river #rivers #ayrshire https://www.instagram.com/p/CPdhMynHNEb/?utm_medium=tumblr

Stinchar Bridge yesterday evening with Rudie the Hellhound... Driech doesn't even come close to explaining how damp it was. Took the grand total of one photo... Which is highly unusual to say the least. On the plus side, we had the whole place to ourselves. Every cloud and all that 😁 #visitsouthwestscotland #onlyinscotland #southwestcoastal300 #gsabiosphere #gsabiospherecommunity #southayrshire #river #waterfalls https://www.instagram.com/p/CPIYwKxn94W/?utm_medium=tumblr

#worldbeeday... And any excuse for a Terry Pratchett quote 😊 #visitsouthwestscotland #southwestcoastal300 #gsabiosphere #bee #bees #insects https://www.instagram.com/p/CPFy3-vn5aB/?utm_medium=tumblr