Have a look at our photographs of our hillwalk from Carsphairn to Polmaddie along the old Pilgrim Road which Mary Queen of Scots used on her way to visit Whithorn in 1566.
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We all walked on paths that Mary Queen of Scots walked on. It is hard to see some of the path today. (Eilidh)
![](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dg/cdps/files/2018/04/Hillwalk1718-026-300x225.jpg)
I think it was unfair that people walked this road in bare feet or with wooden clogs which must have hurt so much. (Ellie) It was squelchy. (Tommy)
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We travelled on a bus which is modern and in 1566 Mary Queen of Scots would have used a horse. (Logan)
![](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dg/cdps/files/2018/04/P5-Hilwalk-8-300x225.jpg)
You didn’t have cars in the old days so you would need to walk or perhaps have a horse. This is us on the old road. (Cameron)
![](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dg/cdps/files/2018/04/P5-Hilwalk-1-300x200.jpg)
It was quite hard reading the map but we did it. I learned to put the map the right way round so I could match it to the land. (Fraser)
![](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dg/cdps/files/2018/04/P5-Hilwalk-2-300x181.jpg)
We found shooting butts where people used to hide and then shoot birds. we went inside the butt. (Emily and Mylie)
![](https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dg/cdps/files/2018/04/P5-Hilwalk-4-300x206.jpg)
It was hard walking along the old road sometimes. A lot of people got stuck in the mud. (Ryan and Jack)