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A Week of Islands
Our week in the outer Hebrides started with a long 2 day journey and a stop in Fort William to break the journey. This is Island No. 1 and the bridge over to the Island of Skye. It is a very long...
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Lower Tarras Valley and the end of a Coal Story
Today's Wednesday Walk was 3 of us for the first time in a while as Niall was able to join Tom and myself. We headed to The Laverock Bird Hide on the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve and parked the car...
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The Skylark Road
Once a year i try to walk the old Drove road from Kerr wood to Old Irvine. This used to be open ground but in the last few years there has been extensive forestry planted and eventually it will be all...
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An Early Morning Walk and Tree Planting on Tarras Valley Nature Reserve
Leo and myself at 7.00am this morning. It was glorious sunshine high up on the Moor but in the valley there was a river of mist.Later in the morning we joined Kat on Tarras Valley to plant some more...
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A Walk Round Jenny Nobles and New Seats
These photos are a week late in being posted, but I forgot to put them on my blog last week. It's the first time we have all walked together for quite a while. It was only round Jenny Nobles with...
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A New Road and a Baby Barn Owl
On my Thursday walk with Mike Tinker today we had decided to walk the new road Langholm Initiative have had made to take the trees out of the felled wood at Hallpath. This has had to be done in the...
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Wednesday Walk at Enzieholm
 Todays Wednesday walk was up at Enzieholm as the start point and the first part was the minor road towards Eskdalemuir as far as Bailiehill where we took to the Forestry road. This is the junction at...
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An Advance Party of Kilmarnock Ramblers
Today I met a group of Walkers from Kilmarnock Ramblers Club. They were in Langholm to check out a couple of walks for their annual day out on 13th August when a full bus load of walkers will visit...
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Cooling our Feet in the Tarras
It was so warm this afternoon that we decided to go over to the Tarras Valley and have a paddle in the river at the Ford next to Arkleton Cottage.It was perfect but the temperature was 34C or 90F and...
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A Visit from Bruce and Gaskell's Walk reopens
My friend Bruce Latimer arrived in Langholm for the Common Riding today and I spent the morning with him. We drove from The Cross keys where he is staying to Newcastleton and then over the Langholm...
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Looking After Molly Weasley in Newcastle
We have been in Newcastle since Sunday 14th August looking after Fiona's cat Molly Weasley while the family are all in Holland. On Wednesday we visited this old Coal Bing near Crammlington called...
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Golden Wedding
Some photographs from our wedding in Dumfries on 26th August 1972My dad was so proud of his new daughter in law. Unfortunately he only lived for 3 years after this but he did enjoy his lovely...
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A Short Visit to South Wales
We have spent 3 nights in South Wales with our friends Doreen and Norman Southwell. Doreen was our Chief Bridesmaid 50 years ago and we had promised to visit them this year but they had Covid in April...
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Four Days on Coll and my 59th Scottish Inhabited Island
Almost a year ago I received a text message from Bob Milne our ex Minister in Langholm inviting me to The Island of Coll next June. He had been asked to preach at the local Parish Church on 2 Sundays...
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Our first day in Saratoga
I was up very early this morning as my body clock is still on UK time so at 7.00am was in the cool of the morning in the garden with Sammy who has a desire to pinch shoes.This young chicken is kept...
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A Busy Weekend Relaxing and Getting over Jetlag
The weekend was spent getting acclimatised to Pacific Time Zone and for the family it all centred round a Soccer Tournament involving Thomas. He was playing in a big tournament about 20 minutes drive...
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Out and About in Saratoga
We took a trip into Downtown Saratoga today as Leslie had a hairdressers appointment. We had coffee and Muffins in a nice pavement cafe.Gaye with Leslie after her haircut Frasers House from Riverdale...
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Riverdale Court Bake Off and Bingo
With the kids so keen on The Great British Bake Off they decided Granny should make a Fruit Loaf and then they could judge it.It was voted a perfect Fruit Loaf and it was soon all eaten up.Thomas...
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A Visit to Picchetti Winery
Fraser and Leslie decided we should visit the Picchetti winery in Cupertino this afternoon so we headed out there via Fraser's new office near Apple Park. This is our first taste of wine with another 4...
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Sammy Graham
Sammy the Golden Retriever has completely taken over our lives on this visit. I thought he would follow me everywhere but its Gaye that is his favourite, maybe because she is always giving him...
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