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Back to Work at Riverdale Close
My 5 day break in Utah is over so its back to work on Fraser and Leslie's house in Saratoga. The first job was to cut the hedge in front of the bedrooms. I have to say I am very pleased with my efforts...
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Betlo Court Garage Sale
Fraser and Leslie took part in a Garage Sale in their cul-de-sac Betlo Court as a way to get rid of unwanted items. It was shared with 2 other families and proved to be a great success. As usual in...
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A Visit to Cooper Garrod Winery in Saratoga
After a morning working at the new house we headed up to Cooper Garrod Winery up in the mountains above Saratoga. It was very busy and a bit noisy with a band playing but a lovely setting and the wine...
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A Rowanburn Walk and 4 Intrepid Explorers from Dumfries
Our plan for todays walk had been to go to New Lanark and walk the Falls of Clyde but the weather forecast was not good so we all decided to save it for a better day hopefully in October. It involved...
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Kippford to Rockliffe via Rough Island
The Causeway from Kippford to Rough Island. If you are going to go there its important you check the tide times as you could easily get stranded as the tide comes in so fast.It was only Tom and myself...
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Two Walks in Edinburgh
I travelled to Tweedbank and got the train to Brunstane near Musselburgh in Edinburgh to be met by John, Ken, and Martin. Unfortunately Tom was still not very well and therefore unable to join us. We...
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A Visit to Aglionby
As Tom is still not fully fit for walking we were invited for lunch to Peter and Elizabeth’s house in Aglionby near Carlisle. It was great to catch up with them as it was August when we last saw them.Â
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The Rigg Valley
This is one of my favourite photos from The Rigg Valley on Westerhall Estate.
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Westerhall and the Rig Valley and Dam
Due to a computer problem these photographs have not loaded in the order I took them but they represent a lovely walk through Westerhall Estate and up the Rig Valley. This is an amazing hidden valley...
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A Walk Through the Gelt Woods
Our walk today was in The Gelt Woods near Brampton. Tom and I headed to Carlisle to meet Peter and then he took us on this 4 mile walk through the woods. It was a perfect day for walking and although...
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A Walk from The Beef Tub to Moffat
John was staying in Moffat for a week so he could regularly visit his mum in the home in Moffat so he fixed up a walk from The Devil's Beef Tub to Moffat and the advantage of this was it was all...
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Tom's Birthday Walk on Border Abbey Way
This was Tom's Birthday Walk and we did a section of The Border Abbey Way between Lindean and Melrose. We had actually done the same route but slightly longer in 2007 and when we started at 8.45am it...
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A Walk Round Whita
It's many years since we did a Wednesday Walk round Whita. Thats maybe because its almost 10 miles right round so this week we used 2 cars to shorten the walk for us old men. We left one car at The...
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Christmas at Ardlui
Leo's Harry Potter CushionHannah's Activities CushionDue to me picking up a virus on Sunday that affected my balance we were unable to travel to Newcastle for Christmas as planned, but Fiona and family...
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Hogmanay Dinner and New Years Day Walk
The Last of the Summer Wine Walkers meet up again for dinner on Hogmanay in The Douglas Hotel. We had drinks at Ardlui prior to this with Champagne kindly provided by David and then finished up at...
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Another Potholm Walk
Tom decided he had only time today to do a short local walk as he is getting ready to fly off to Barbados on Friday morning. I take him to Carlisle Station at 5.15am for the 6.22am train to Manchester...
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Another Walk in Gelt Valley
In the absence of Tom, who is in Barbados for 10 days and has e mailed me twice to say it is raining we headed to Aglionby to walk with Peter. I collected John and Sandria at Carlisle station of the...
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Tom's Back From Barbados
After 10 days in Barbados staying with David and Alix Tom arrived back yesterday and just felt like a shorter local walk today. On looking at the weather forecast for Canonbie last night we reckoned we...
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A Walk Over The Thistle Viaduct
For many years I have wanted to walk over the Thistle Viaduct that crosses the River Esk just north of Kirkandrews on Esk Church. Despite the bad weather I decided this would be my Sunday morning walk....
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The Snowdrops of Westerhall
I never tire of visiting Westerhall and the best times to visit are February for the Snowdrops, March for the Daffodils and May for the Azaleas and Rhododendrons. This was a beautiful morning so I...
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