Giddy Goats, Delightful Donkeys, Happy Horses

For some reason we've never before stopped off at the Farm Cafe which is on one of the main roads out of Dumfries, but I think in the future, it will need to be a regular stop. It's a lovely wee cafe (yes a real cafe! see Mimi's comment below!) set amongst fields with farm animals. Here's Crafty Green Boyfriend feeding his new friends:

 and this is a portrait of our favourite

meanwhile the donkeys looked on 

Near our first hotel, we had discovered a couple of beautiful ponies

while in Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve, there was a lot of Equisetum (horsetail). These are amazing ancient plants and I love the way they look when growing in profusion. Here are two of the different species we saw.

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