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Hello and Goodbye...
... a resting camel. The Eildon Hills overlook the town of Melrose and will be on our agenda tomorrow.
Deere Street, the M1 of it's day, is an ancient Roman road which connected Edinburgh to cities in England. The old Roman fort of Chew Green is the point where with mixed feelings we bid farewell to our old friend the Pennine Way and follow the Roman cobbles.
Centuries before the occupying force of the mighty Roman army moved troups ...
Phase 13 Day 4
... Trees were covered in lichen close to the ford emphasising the purity of the air. However not much was visible of the camp other than grass mounds. At Pennymuir we were faced with a large black bull and his family in the field close to Dere St and the track that we wished to take. Fortunately for us he was sitting down and stayed relaxed as we walked past as close to the wall and as far away from him as possible. The track was muddy and rutted from vehicles that had been ...
The Queen, the watch and the mole
... been an unutterable bounder.
Queen Mary's House in Jedburgh is now a visitor centre that documents her life and the weasels (or otherwise) who surrounded her. It's also full of relics with a connection to her. I think my favourite was a French watch found in 1817 after being unearthed by a mole on the route taken by the royal party from Hermitage Castle. They have the watch and the case but sadly not the mole.
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Day 39 - Cuthbert's latest miracle - Fray Bentos
... King David 1 encouraged Cistercion Monks to found their first Monastery here in 1136. By the 1330's Melrose Abbey took on such importance it became the burial ground for the heart of Robert the Bruce. The Abbey had become one of the richest in Scotland as a direct result of how devout the notoriously austere cistercion monastic lifestyle was. Medieval Abbeys, like Melrose, were actually 'factories of prayer'. Noblemen would pay monks to pray for ...
Border Abbeys
... of any historical significance but more of a whim of it's creator who wanted to honor him. It is still a fitting tribute to a great Scot. Since we had spent so much time in the area and were definitely not keeping to our planned route (too much planned for today), we decided to go visit the Smailholm Tower which was also in the area. This took us thru some very small two-way roads where our car barely fit!! Luckily we were the ...
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