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View Of Langhholm - Photo: Great Scot |
The River Esk, Wauchope Water
and Ewes Water come together at this spot and are
spanned by a series of bridges, one of which was
worked on by a young apprentice who turned out to
be the great bridge-builder Thomas Telford. He was
born nearby. The town is an important textile
centre with a number of thriving mills and is not
only the birthplace of the poet Hugh MacDiarmid
but also the home of the Armstrong family whose
famous relation, Neil, became the first man on the
moon. Nearby Eskdalemuir is home to Britain’s only
Buddhist temple. Each summer Langholm hosts a
festival designed to assert the right of locals to
cut peat and bracken. |
