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Shopping, Walking, and Oktoberfest.
As per usual Saturday is a busy day and the Graham Girls set off just before 10.00am for a trip to The Mall and some Shopping therapy. The Graham Boys headed off to Vasona Lake Country Park for a walk...
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A Pool Party and a Bearded Dragon
This is Maxine our hosts daughter and her Bearded Dragon LizardFraser enjoying the pool.Lizzie the Bearded DragonFraser and his friend Mike who works with Tim Cook at AppleTommy had a great afternoon...
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A Day in Carmel by the Sea
I love to visit the Pacific Ocean and have a paddle. As per usual it was cooler on the coast as the fog comes in every morning at this time of the year. It usually burns off by late morning but not...
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Big Trees State Park
This is called The Big Stump. The tree was discovered in 1852 and it took a team of5 men 22 days to fell it but it did not fall for several days. John Muir was so angered by the men that felled the...
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Our Mountain Log Cabin Stay
This is the Log Cabin we stayed in for 2 nights near Arnold in The Stanislaus National Forest. It sits at 5,500ft and while we were there average daytime temperature was about 75F and in the evening it...
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The Sporting Graham's
Its been a busy Sunday. Started with Tommy and his Baseball game. He won and he scored a Home Run.In the afternoon Elliot played his first match with a new team and lost 5 goals to 4. He thoroughly...
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The Graham Family in California.
The Graham family in Saratoga, California. It has been difficult getting everybody together at the same time. Fraser and Leslie working, the kids at school and at the weekend Soccer and Baseball keep...
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A Busy Few Days
It's been 2 weeks since we returned from California and I think it must have rained every day. It took a week for us to get over our Jet Lag. Last weekend we had a visit from John who says it has been...
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A Penton Walk
Tom and I decided that yesterdays Wednesday Walk should only be on road rather than plodding along Lanes or Fields in the mud. We selected a 4 mile circular route at Penton and Nicholforest. This is on...
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A Walk at Rigg and Redkirk Point on the Solway
Looking over the Solway towards Gretna from Redkirk Point. This was our regular Wednesday walk from Rigg to the Peninsular at Redkirk Point.Erosion on the bank where the Kirtle comes into the SolwayThe...
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Lunch With the Glovers
No walk for Tom and I today as we were visiting John and Marion Glover in Dumfries and we treated them to lunch in The Boathouse at Glencaple. It was a very enjoyable visit and good to catch up with...
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New Years Day Walk
My good friends have met for many years on New Years Day to join the runners for the New Years Day run. We of course just walk part of the route which up until today was round Potholm a distance of 5...
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Our First Wednesday Walk of 2023
For our first Wednesday Walk of 2023 Tom and I headed to Rowanburn and a walk along the old railway and then a loop to Rowanburnhead. This is one of my favourite trees on the lane above...
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My Favourite Photos of 2022
A walk with Lennie Bell in January.On 5th January on a lovely cold day Tom and I walked to upper Stennieswater.  I love to see the first Snowdrops of the year and the North Lodge is the place to see...
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Rolling Hills Middle School. California.
 I understand that some of my Granddaughter Eleanor's friends from Rolling Hills Middle School in Saratoga, California follow my blog. These are some of the Feral Goats that are found on the Hills...
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Wilton Lodge Park, Hawick
This weeks Wednesday Walk with Tom took us to Hawick for a walk through Wilton Park and along the Teviot River. This is a lovely Bandstand in the park and in the summer months there are regular...
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Afternoon Tea in Canonbie
Our plan today was to start later so we could have afternoon tea at Canonbie Kirk. On the second half of the walk we came across this huge puddle in the road so 5 minutes working with our sticks...
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Dry Stane Dyking with my Grandchildren
Last Thursday I along with our grandchildren Hannah & Leo who were spending a few days of the mid term holiday in Langholm volunteered to help Tarras Valley Nature Reserve (TVNR). The plan was to...
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A Walk on the New Road
For our first Wednesday walk in a while due to Tom's trip to Barbados we went on the new road from Hallpath towards Broomholmshiels. Tom has never walked this road so it was a new experience for him....
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Mothers Day in Newcastle
We were invited to Newcastle by Fiona at the weekend to spend Mothers Day with the family. On Sunday morning we headed to St. Mary's Isle near Whitley Bay at 8.30am to see the colony of Grey Seals on...
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