Devorgilla Bridge — Attraction in Great Britain

Walking along this side of the river, Dock Park, Dumfries, everything is lovely and the views and scenery are quite spectacular. However go over the bridge into Dumfries town center and everything changes? Dumfries High Street and the surrounding shopping areas have dramatically gone downhill with large empty closed and dilapidated buildings, far too many for my liking to the point where I cant see this town recovering. This is not caused by the coronavirus or lock-down, Dumfries as a town and town center have been in steady decline for many years now and the local council really needs to look at whats happening here, maybe reconsider opening up the pedestrian areas in the town so buses and taxis can get back into the center, then maybe just maybe businesses will want to return and Dumfries will be the market town...

We just enjoyed a lovely walk down along the river, but boy, was it COLD!! We thought we would take some stale bread and feed the ducks, but there weren't that many around. Saw a beautiful heron, quite a few seagulls who said thanks for the bread, and a couple of large crowd who were also ready to eat. It really is a lovely walk, not to muddy, just had to avoid all of the debris that had been thrown up when...

A picturesque medieval pedestrian bridge with lovely views of the River Nith and the historic centre of Dumfries. There's a little toll cottage housing a museum at the far end but it was closed when I was there. Nearby there's a spectacular weir that was built to power grain mills in the 18th century. A nice place to stroll, picnic and watch the waterbirds in the fast...