Castle Semple Loch

Categories: places

Date: 30 January 2010 19:17:31

Today HD and I made the most of the clear, bright, dry day (though we won't talk about the temperature, brrrrr!) and went for a walk around Castle Semple Loch in Ayrshire, which is near the village of Lochwinning, about a 40 minute drive away (I wasn't really paying attention to how long the journey was but it was less than an hour!). It was a very gentle walk, but really lovely, as you can hopefully see from these pictures:

HD was very patient with me stopping every 5 seconds to take pictures. Well it's still a new camera to me, so I had to play, didn't I! Typically though, I finally thought enough was enough as we got back to the lake's edge at the car park, took a couple of swan pictures, then put my camera back in my rucksack. Literally about 10 seconds after zipping up the rucksack, two of the swans started a courtship dance right in front of me (you know where they do that beautiful dance and with their necks), but by the time I'd got my camera out again the moment was over - not helped by someone nearby throwing bread in the water and proving once and for all that swans are more interested in food than sex, they swam off just as I was ready to take a picture of them forming the heart shape. I guess it just goes to show that however many photos you take, there is always another waiting to be taken so DON'T PUT THE CAMERA AWAY! (I've already apologised in advance to HD, I'm sure when we go on holiday soon I am going to be unbearable. I bet I get some cracking photos though!).