Pirates and smugglers
In the 1570s, local pirate Leonard Robertson once seized a ship and sold
her cargo in Kirkcudbright. He became such a pest that the town council
'asked' him to leave. An instruction he ignored and continued to harass
shipping until his death in 1585.
And when
you've finished at the end of the day, why not take a trip along the river
in the The Lovely Nellie? You'll
have lots of opportunities to put some of the things you have learned into
practice as the river banks glide gently past.
The
Harbour
Kirkcudbright has a thriving
fishing harbour, with boats tying up right in the centre of the town. There
is almost always something happening down on the quayside. Even when the tide
is low and the fishing boats cannot come and go, men can be photographed as
they set to work mending and stowing gear on the boats.
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Smuggling
was a common activity in the past, and illicit cargoes of everything
from salt to barrels of brandy have found their way up the River Dee
into Kirkcudbright.
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For the
most part, the fishermen don't mind having their pictures taken, Kirkcudbright
gets lots of tourists so the fishermen get quite used to the cameras.
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