https://richardlutz.co.uk/blog/the-bridge-of-questions/ Digital Writer Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://richardlutz.co.uk/blog/the-bridge-of-questions/#comment-7173 Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:04:30 +0000 https://richardlutz.co.uk/?p=10477#comment-7173 As Billy Connolly once said “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes. Just get yourself a sexy raincoat and live a little”.

]]> https://richardlutz.co.uk/blog/the-bridge-of-questions/#comment-7158 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:50:04 +0000 https://richardlutz.co.uk/?p=10477#comment-7158 Captures it well

]]> https://richardlutz.co.uk/blog/the-bridge-of-questions/#comment-7155 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:51:56 +0000 https://richardlutz.co.uk/?p=10477#comment-7155 On my old map, It looks like a road used to lead to the south side of the bridge but with nothing to the north- it remains a mystery.

]]> https://richardlutz.co.uk/blog/the-bridge-of-questions/#comment-7152 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:55:37 +0000 https://richardlutz.co.uk/?p=10477#comment-7152 I suspect the mystery bridge may be linked to the 18th century drovers’ road which led from the north of Scotland, through Ballantrae to the Castle Douglas and Dumfries cattle markets where stock was transferred to a new set of drovers for the onward journey south. Historically, the track led across my land at Auchairne, Ballantrae where I lived in the 1980s and before today’s network of roads the drovers established their own cross-country routes, travelling at no more than 12 miles a day with several hundred cattle at times. They chose routes convenient for overnight stops where lochs were available for the cattle to drink, and the Galloway Forest has plenty of these.

]]> https://richardlutz.co.uk/blog/the-bridge-of-questions/#comment-7151 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:44:32 +0000 https://richardlutz.co.uk/?p=10477#comment-7151 Where exactly is this place?

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