Edenbank House Kelso
Kelso, Borders, Scotland, TD5 7SX , United Kingdom
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Weekend with our dear friends Helen and Roy
... ranges, an area used for military training complete with tanks! We walked through pine forest, the trees looking like ladies in crinoline petticoats, across open moorland that was windswept and desolate and down to farmland with plentiful numbers of sheep and a very inviting tea room. We did however decide to save the Tea Room for another day.
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A drive to the coast on Sunday morning saw us walking along the ...
Day 7, To the Castle (Happy Birthday to Carrie W)
Well, I am picking up some "geordie" slang, and said "geet!!! Carol now makes fun of the way I talk, and everyone stops talking when I talk in the pub to order!!! Having fun, even if now I am the freak with the accent. Ha ha Started the day picking up Janet, Carol is driving 70 mph. It's crazy, she drives 10 under at home. Up the country we went to Alnwick castle, where Harry Potter was filmed. The Duke of Northumbrtland; Ralph Percy lives ...
Kelso Abbey
- One of the border abbeys in Scotland. The others include
Jedburgh, Melrose, and Dryburgh. I sadly did not have time to visit them
all, but I am glad that I got to visit ...
16 Kilts, 2 Bagpipes, Haggis and a Picnic Rug!
... very pretty city. The buildings are old, but don't have the grey-ness that London buildings seem to have. Also, it did feel a lot different England if that's possible. It was really good to see Cat again! She's 5 months pregnant, and due to leave the UK at the end of June with her fiance Richard. I had met Ric***********don just over a year ago - cool guy. Who knows when we'll meet up again, so it was really nice to see a new place, and catch up with a good mate at the ...
From the sea to the SKY - SKYDIVING for charity
... that an overstated thought! The so-called "training" session was just a briefing or should I say a "talk" about what experience was in store for us and what we were to expect with regards to being strapped tightly (with emphasis) to our instructor. However, I admit, this did it for me in the sense that it did have the effect of injecting that fear factor...yikes! Yep, there we went!! And no turning ...

