It's been a wonderful experience for me being here and feeling connected to Stirling cousins all over the world thanks to the Internet. I appreciate your comments, suggestions, and for sharing your discoveries and experiences as you get to know more about our family. I've only worn my Stirling District tartan kilt once, at my wedding. The hills are mostly green, and furnish excellent sheep pasture. The soil is various, being partly a deep loam on a till bottom and partly a shallow loam upon gravel, with which it is much mixed.
Considerable attention is paid to the rearing of sheep, and the improvement of the wool.
Besides the Tweed, the parish is intersected by the Etterick and Gala waters, which are well known from the beautiful pastoral songs to which they give their name.