It’s difficult to imagine a more beautiful setting for a cottage than the fringes of Orchardton Bay near Palnackie.
But for farm worker Kenny Irving, Douganhill is also his place of work, its rich acres home to both livestock and people.
Over on the other side of the Almorness peninsula the Urr meets the sea at Kippford, a river in which, as chairman of Castle Douglas Angling Association, Kenny takes a special interest.
