KIRKCUDBRIGHT (pronounced "kir- coo -bree"), hugging the muddy banks of the River Dee ten miles southwest of Castle Douglas, is the only major town along the Solway coast to have retained a working harbour. In addition, it has a ruined castle and the most attractive of town centres, a charming medley of simple two-storey cottages with medieval pends, Georgian villas and Victorian town houses, all built in a mixture of sandstone, granite and brick, and attr... [More]