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This is one of the most picturesque buildings in Dumfries. Visitors can climb the 115 steps to the top of the tower. Here a guide describes its history and sees you safely to the outside where some commanding views await. On a clear day you can see the Antrim Hills of Ireland, nearby Luce ay, the Cumbrian Fells and the Isle of Man.
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As you exit another guide hands you a lovely certificate to say you climbed all the steps.
The Mull of Galloway Lighthouse stands at 26 metres high and is 99 metres above sea level. It is as far South in Scotland as you can go. Robert Stevenson built it in 1830 at a cost of £9000. The range of the light is 28 nautical miles and flashes white every 20 seconds. History can still be seen in its walls where a Beaufighter aircraft on 8 June 1944 crashed into a storage building (now used by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) during a foggy night in the Second World War.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
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An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
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There is also the exhibition in the engine room, fuels store and workshop beside the old Keeper's Cottages, and the others can be rented out as holiday accommodation from the National Trust for Scotland. Though the fog horn is no longer in use you can hear it here and see the original Kelvin Diesel engines that were fitted in 1955.
The original light was a 5 tonne Fresnel lens. It was removed in 1971 when the station was converted to electric. It was automated in 1998.
It is open at weekends from April to October from 10am to 4pm and on Bank Holidays and every Monday during July and August. Please do check www.nlb.org.uk for further details. There is a car park and disabled people can park right outside.
Round the corner is the RSPB Centre which describes the local bird life. The short walk there takes you past the walled off area which was used by the keepers as a vegetable garden. There are now sheep here to help keep down the grass and weeds.
Toilets and refreshments can be purchased from the grass roofed Gallie Craig Coffee House. This opens daily serving a range of hot and cold drinks, ice cream, snacks and hot meals. The seating outside overlooks the panoramic cliffs.
We stayed at Portpatrick Hotel and other attractions we visited in this area included:
Castle Kennedy and Gardens
Dunskey Gardens and Maze
Glenluce Abbey
Killantringan Lighthouse
Kirroughtree visitor centre Galloway forest park mountain bike and walk trails
More Scottish Lighthouses
More Scottish Tourist Attractions
Mull of Galloway Lighthouse
Photographs history and the tourist attraction of the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse in DumfriesThis is one of the most picturesque buildings in Dumfries. Visitors can climb the 115 steps to the top of the tower. Here a guide describes its history and sees you safely to the outside where some commanding views await. On a clear day you can see the Antrim Hills of Ireland, nearby Luce ay, the Cumbrian Fells and the Isle of Man.
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My new novel:
The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
Download Now.
Buy the Paperback.
As you exit another guide hands you a lovely certificate to say you climbed all the steps.
The Mull of Galloway Lighthouse stands at 26 metres high and is 99 metres above sea level. It is as far South in Scotland as you can go. Robert Stevenson built it in 1830 at a cost of £9000. The range of the light is 28 nautical miles and flashes white every 20 seconds. History can still be seen in its walls where a Beaufighter aircraft on 8 June 1944 crashed into a storage building (now used by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) during a foggy night in the Second World War.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
Download.
Buy the paperback.
An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
Buy this latest novel by local author C.G. Buswell on Kindle or Paperback.
Advertise Here from just £70.
There is also the exhibition in the engine room, fuels store and workshop beside the old Keeper's Cottages, and the others can be rented out as holiday accommodation from the National Trust for Scotland. Though the fog horn is no longer in use you can hear it here and see the original Kelvin Diesel engines that were fitted in 1955.
The original light was a 5 tonne Fresnel lens. It was removed in 1971 when the station was converted to electric. It was automated in 1998.
It is open at weekends from April to October from 10am to 4pm and on Bank Holidays and every Monday during July and August. Please do check www.nlb.org.uk for further details. There is a car park and disabled people can park right outside.
Round the corner is the RSPB Centre which describes the local bird life. The short walk there takes you past the walled off area which was used by the keepers as a vegetable garden. There are now sheep here to help keep down the grass and weeds.
Toilets and refreshments can be purchased from the grass roofed Gallie Craig Coffee House. This opens daily serving a range of hot and cold drinks, ice cream, snacks and hot meals. The seating outside overlooks the panoramic cliffs.
We stayed at Portpatrick Hotel and other attractions we visited in this area included:
Castle Kennedy and Gardens
Dunskey Gardens and Maze
Glenluce Abbey
Killantringan Lighthouse
Kirroughtree visitor centre Galloway forest park mountain bike and walk trails
More Scottish Lighthouses
More Scottish Tourist Attractions
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