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Hello and Goodbye...
... up'. Exposed, now redundant roots, provide natures ladder and we steadily climb to the distant sky line.
For the second day running Otterburn Ranges are in use, presumably the marksmen have returned because yesterday's report showed 'could do better'.
In 1388 Otterburn was the site of a battle between the Scottish and the English, due to a border skirmish.
Ready for a 'blow' we take ten minutes and use the Cairn as a back rest, ...
Changeover Day 13
... time with your Mum. Would love to see the North American route. To Sue and Chris, hope you have warmed up after your trip to the cold, wet Lake District. David and Edith- will see you over the week while we are home. To John M- thanks for the info. Will catch up with you when the walk is finished. To Hannah and Alan, crossing the border was great, being home is better.To Ron and Pat- see you in the morning. To Helen and Roy, thanks for all your help and support- see you in the ...
Phase 13 Day 4
... had been. We found tadpoles and frogspawn in one of them reminding us of sago and the dessert we had as part of school dinners all those years ago. Up onto the ridge and we crossed the border into Scotland!!!! It was the strangest feeling after two and a half months and 667 miles walking towards it. A spontaneous highland jig by Eva and Renate told me we were definitely in Scotland. We hugged, celebrated with wine gums and sent the Roadie a message!! We walked on taking the path ...
Day 39 - Cuthbert's latest miracle - Fray Bentos
We awake once again to the patter of rain on the window. It is remarkable just how much rain appears to fall here in Scotland in summer. Anyway, by now we are ready to take whatever the weather throws at us in our stride and we instead reflect on how lucky we are to have found the Dunfermline House B&B. We descend for our usual 8 am breakfast to discover probably our best B&B breakfast yet. Lots of good fruit, nuts, quality muesli, all followed ...
Border Abbeys
... post to "control" the Scottish people of the area. It was captured by the scots and completely destroyed to avoid it being used once again by the british. The current building dates back to 1820 and was solely a prison.
From Jedburgh we continued our journey towards Melrose where we visited the Abbey also in ruins as a result of the wars with England. It too was built in the 12th century. The stones used are much more of ...
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