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Penpont

This small, attractive village is well worth a visit in the summer months to see the colourful gardens that surround some of the old picturesque cottages.

On a slight rise in a field just off the road to Moniaive is a piece of sculpture shaped like an egg. This is the work of Andy Goldsworthy the famous sculptor, who was born in Cheshire but now lives in the village.

Penpont was, in 1858, the birthplace of Joseph Thomson the African explorer, after whom Thomson’s gazelle is named. He studied at Edinburgh University and joined an expedition to Africa in 1878, thus starting a long association with the continent. He died at the young age of 37 in 1895, his body wasted by the many diseases he had contracted.