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      <title>Drummore: Introduction</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit jaqian from Dublin, Ireland, CC BY 2.0. Drummore is the kind of place that asks you to slow down. There are about 500 people, a hotel, a coffee shop on Mill Street, and one main road. North of you, the long peninsula of the Rhins runs back up towards Stranraer and eventually mainland Scotland. South, the road narrows further to the cliffs of the Mull of Galloway - the lowest point on the Scottish map. By Scottish standards this is the end of the line. By aviation standards it is the place you fly over to get to Northern Ireland. By the standards of the walkers who come here each summer, it is where everything begins.]]></description>
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<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://qualla.com/drummore/">Drummore on Qualla</a></p><p><em>Image: jaqian from Dublin, Ireland | CC BY 2.0</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Drummore: Getting Here Takes Some Doing</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0. Drummore is not on the way to anywhere. To reach it you turn off the A75 - the main road that hugs the southern Scottish coast between Carlisle and Stranraer - and take the A716 south along the eastern shore of the Rhins. Stranraer is 17 miles north, and that is where the buses a...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photo credit Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0. Drummore is not on the way to anywhere. To reach it you turn off the A75 - the main road that hugs the southern Scottish coast between Carlisle and Stranraer - and take the A716 south along the eastern shore of the Rhins. Stranraer is 17 miles north, and that is where the buses a...</p>
<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://qualla.com/drummore/">Drummore on Qualla</a></p><p><em>Image: Walter Baxter | CC BY-SA 2.0</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Drummore: What You Came to See</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Mull of Galloway is 3 miles south, at the actual tip of the Rhins. Scenic headland, lighthouse painted white in 1830, RSPB nature reserve full of seabirds in summer. On a clear day you can see Northern Ireland to the west and the Isle of Man to the south. Closer to hand sits ...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photo credit David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Mull of Galloway is 3 miles south, at the actual tip of the Rhins. Scenic headland, lighthouse painted white in 1830, RSPB nature reserve full of seabirds in summer. On a clear day you can see Northern Ireland to the west and the Isle of Man to the south. Closer to hand sits ...</p>
<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://qualla.com/drummore/">Drummore on Qualla</a></p><p><em>Image: David Medcalf | CC BY-SA 2.0</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Drummore: The Mull of Galloway Trail</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit Barry Boxer, CC BY-SA 2.0. If you walk, this is the place to start. The Mull of Galloway Trail begins at the Mull itself and runs north up the east shore of the Rhins via Drummore and Sandhead to Stranraer - 26 miles in total. It crosses the Southern Upland Way along the way, which is the long-distance coa...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photo credit Barry Boxer, CC BY-SA 2.0. If you walk, this is the place to start. The Mull of Galloway Trail begins at the Mull itself and runs north up the east shore of the Rhins via Drummore and Sandhead to Stranraer - 26 miles in total. It crosses the Southern Upland Way along the way, which is the long-distance coa...</p>
<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://qualla.com/drummore/">Drummore on Qualla</a></p><p><em>Image: Barry Boxer | CC BY-SA 2.0</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Drummore: Eating, Sleeping, Calling Home</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit Ann Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Queens Hotel in the village is the best bet for a meal - it doubles as the place most visitors end up staying. There is a primary school and a doctor's surgery, a post office and a general shop, the Ship Inn down by the shore, and the Mariners Coffee Shop for daytime business...]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photo credit Ann Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0. The Queens Hotel in the village is the best bet for a meal - it doubles as the place most visitors end up staying. There is a primary school and a doctor's surgery, a post office and a general shop, the Ship Inn down by the shore, and the Mariners Coffee Shop for daytime business...</p>
<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://qualla.com/drummore/">Drummore on Qualla</a></p><p><em>Image: Ann Cook | CC BY-SA 2.0</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Drummore: Going On From Here</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Photo credit John5199, CC BY 2.0. If you want to head north next, the road takes you via Stranraer to Alloway near Ayr - the birthplace of Robert Burns - and ferries run from Ardrossan across to the Isle of Arran. Eastwards, the A75 takes you to Newton Stewart, then Dumfries, then Gretna and Carlisle, with the op...]]></description>
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<p><strong>Read more:</strong> <a href="https://qualla.com/drummore/">Drummore on Qualla</a></p><p><em>Image: John5199 | CC BY 2.0</em></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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