Whitmuir Hall
Travel Blogs from Selkirk
Welcome to my world
The quiet of the morning of Saturday 14th May is broken by a wood pigeon. He's not far off because he's really quite loud. He's deep and fruity. The Harry Secombe of the bird world. Flicking one eye open briefly I can see that it's only quarter past eight so I can stay in bed for a bit before I start to think I should be doing something else. Anyway Sam is lying on me so I ...
We have come to view the salmon
... minutes. OK ten minutes. No twenty. Alright thirty....
Curses!
Not a single pesky fish!
All we got on film was a heron hoofing about on the other bank who was probably more annoyed than us about the low density of salmon and a couple of timber trucks on the B7009. And on top of all that tomorrow is European Fish Migration Day! How very dare they not show up.
I tell you that Chris "The Really Wild Show" Packham earns his money.
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Do Singapore Airlines do good inflight food?
... her GHDs on her round the world trip, so I could have chosen my advisor more carefully. Midnight trawls of travelling websites didn't help much either, in that the frugal Capricorn in me found the suggestion that I should just "buy as I go" intolerable. This, my friends, is how you end up with a 17 kilo backpack. Still, at least I can zip it up now. First stop ...
Disaster strikes!...
... go. We reach the leisure centre 40 minutes late to meet a not too disgruntled Steph, John and David, and depart at 11.15am. (To boast a little; they all have little rucksacks and I have my big 70 litre one that I have stuffed with random assortments of things.) I am determined to go the wrong way, but the others correct me, and we begin to slowly climb our way out of Hawick to arrive at the beautiful countryside. We pass the St. Andrews Convent, a great red building, ...
Day One - The Invasion
... The tunnel was followed by a lift which was followed by another walk followed by stairs followed by the door to their apartment followed by immediate collapse onto the sofa therein. Once the bags were dumped with all the drama the remaining energy could conjure food was sought in the town. A pizzeria was stumbled upon and chosen. The beer was gratefully received as was the food. The meal finished and appetites sated for the moment a ...
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Other places to stay in Selkirk
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Heatherlie House Hotel
Heatherlie Park, Selkirk | Hotelfrom $138 -
BEST WESTERN Philipburn Country House Hotel
Linglie Road, Selkirk | Hotelfrom $179 -
Glen Hotel
Yarrow Terrace, Selkirk | 3 star hotelfrom $136 -
County Hotel
3-5 High Street, Selkirk | Hotelfrom $89
