With breakfast at 8:30 and some heavy rain going through I eventually left at 10:10. The rain held off for a while but I was pleased that I’d gone for wearing my wet weather gear from the start. Walking through the woods it was lovely to see a female chaffinch feeding her fledglings. The path led to open fields with views across to the most tiling around the tops of the Campsies, black goats, and Greylag geese grazing along side a field of sheep. I noticed drumlins along the valley, and then a volcanic outlier - Dunglass comprised of basalt appearing horizontally. An impressive sight. On its flanks were great black backed gulls. I had lunch at the Beech Tree Inn at 13:25. Although I had the makings of a packed lunch it was good to get out of the rain for a while although the heavy rain had only lasted for half an hour or so. I left at 14:15 with a spring in my step. Although there was light rain on and off for most of the day, my waterproofs were more than adequate, confirm...