I hopped on the bus as the snow fell around - it was melting pretty much as soon as it hit the ground so there was only white patches here and there. The driver asked me where in Fenwick I wanted to get off and I replied err ... luckily it's not that big so I got off outside the pub and as the snow started to get heavier walked in the direction of the church.
Fenwick is where Janet Steel was born - Janet being father's mother's great grandmother. Janet and her brother came to Australia together.
I found a James Steel's gravestone who was Janet's great grandfather! The family had lived in and around the area for some time.
Fenwick is a nice village with many old houses that have been updated with care and the pub did a really good lunch. It was fun to walk through the snow but I had more towns to visit so I jumped on the bus and headed for Newmilns.
A much bigger town by the time I got there the snow was falling much more heavily so I headed for the church looking for the grave of George Steel - Janet's dad. Unfortunately I did not find his but found some other Steel headstones which I will work out their relation.
Back on the bus to Galston - the church here had laid the headstones down and there weren't many surviving so finding Gabriel Steel's here was a dead end (pardon the pun). Enough of the snow I headed back for a bath and a snooze.
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