Moderate southwesterly breeze. Maximum temperature 16 °C.
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Extremism And The Law
“I am a proud descendant of extremists. Farmers in Galloway during the Killing Time of the 1680s, the brothers Gilbert and John Milroy”
Remembering The Covenanters
“we were thinking of a short, gentle walk, and bethought ourselves of the Covenanters Memorial, in Deerness. “
Graves By the Ocean Where the Cattle May Tread
It’s a fair trek to the Covenanters Memorial at Deerness but for those who do the views from it are outstanding.
Graves By the Ocean Where the Cattle May Tread
The drowned men were the remnants of 1200 Covenanters who had been captured at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge (1679)
Poetry Corner: Aikendrum
28th January 1580 King James VI signed the Confession of Faith.
