Yesterday I posted the good sale, on our way to Castle Douglas to have lunch with a friend.
Pirate was feeling a little better, the sun was shining and we enjoy going there for whatever reason.
After lunch and a top-up shop, I suggested that we didn't just return straight home.
Pirate navigated the way on quieter roads and small lanes to Glen Trool on the Newton Stewart to Straiton road, and we aimed for a stop at the Bell's memorial to check on the bench.
It wasn't there.....
Despite heavy duty steel anchors and concrete, it had gone.
Pirate is heartbroken.
A near(2 miles or so) neighbour to there commented on a public post I made on fb...he has CCTV at his property which covers the passing traffic...and went there to check.
It was obviously a professional job probably to order. The memorial itself was graffitied and drug paraphernalia scattered around...plus the place used as a toilet..
We won't return there ever again.
It must have happened about Wednesday...as the grass was mown by the Forestry commission a week ago, and cycle tourists visited there at the beginning of the week.
I am spreading the news on every grapevine I can find, and we speak to the police on Monday.
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