Ednam House Kelso

Arrive in Belford after a 5 hr car journey, including a beef baguette in a nice pub en-route. This is already sounding like "small earthquake in Uraguay - not many killed" Found the cottage and unloaded the car.Really nice place; Ric*********** stayed in the vilage in 1966; probably not much else happenned since then. Drove into Bamburgh and strolled along ...

<br>On Saturday we had arranged to go to Marion and Keith's new home for a bbq. It took us just over the hour to get there, it is a lovley house and garden. It turned out to be a lovey sunny afternoon. We sat and ate and drank all afternoon into the evening when Keith lit the fire with logs (very cosey). Jack had a great time ...

... views. Mountains have disappeared and sloping fields have taken their place. Shades of gold and brown are replacing green as hedgerows are growing heavy with rosehips. Mid August and already fall is on it&#8217;s way. <br><br>This will be our last night in Scotland. Camping tonight only a few miles from the boarder. Goodbye ...

... amount of time sewing. Several bags and bits are showing wear and needed repairs. As well, our clothing are showing some holes and need sinching around the waists (not a problem I&#8217;m begrudging at this point). <br><br>The biggest project of the day is our pannier bags. Apparantely they are complete pish! 2 main clasps that hold the bags to the frames on our bikes have gone now, on 2 of the bags. So far, we&#8217;ve just been tying a ...

... for her to let the dogs out!!! But were not doing too bad, considering I have now been gone 50 days, covered 480+ miles and only got really wet 3 times!!! We had to stay in the van two nights because it was too wet to put the tents up. So on the whole we are coping quite well!! On Thursday I shall start the Pennine Way. I shall again have to leave Padi and backpack the first couple of days. I'm pretty sure the rain will be waiting for me up there!!! Will let you know!!!

... Cat, Richard and 2 of their mates that night. I made Chicken Cordon Bleu (please forgive my spelling babe if I got it wrong), with potato smash and veggies, and either peppercorn or msuhroom sauce. And we all know me, got dessert too!! Again, not a late night - well didn't feel like it was anyway, could have been with the sunset times here. Monday morning I caught up with an Ios mate for breaky. Vanessa has appeared on the blog before, and she is a wild one!! I would have ...

... in my own water bottle. Applied for a job in South Wales today. Other than that still spending my money on travelling. It has now been a full month since my last day of work in Canada. I think I should start worrying but for some reson I'm still enjoying the holiday! Not to worry anyone. I won't be phoning anyone soon for money! It's much cheaper to live here tha in London. Time for more sightseeing and touring. Take care!

... you should be happy with it. In the end there's not much point trying to find a dream career because for most people it doesn't exist, or it will change in a few years. So, until I change my mind again, I'm going to do what I get paid well for and leave the things I love (like writing and travelling) for my own time. That said, spending 9 or 10 hours straight staring at a computer each day and it's little wonder I haven't written much recently. It makes you ponder (when ...

... Have decided to spend Christmas here as opposed to in town with some friends. It will be good fun, big massive dinner, and I won't be working which I think is a good thing. I will though be having a boxing day dinner with Rebecca and Serena at Bec's house on the 26th so I get to spend my last day with them. Can't believe how fast time flies. Can't help all the memories that come flooding back whenever something major comes to a close. Lots of **** along ...

... a few years ago. (The picture is from that trip.) We were there simply because it was a decent stopping-off point and we had some errands to attend to. I'd never tried to drive in Edinburgh, and didn't really get the chance this time. I tried to turn into the New Town area, only to be met continually with blocked-off pedestrian areas, one-way streets and "taxi/bus only zones." We ended up in the ...