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Demainholm Forest Walk
For todays Wednesday Walk with Tom and Niall we headed to Newcastleton for a walk through a Buccleuch Estates forest just south of the village. It's a 3.5 mile walk along first of all a forestry road...
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Celebrating Martin's 80th Birthday on the Diamond Jubilee Path
Martin always researches his Birthday Walk well and this one was his best ever. A lovely 5.5 mile walk from Earlston to Melrose following the Leader river on the 2012 Diamond Jubilee Path. One of the...
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Coronation Weekend in Wigtown
We arrived in Wigtown on Friday afternoon and after sorting out all our stuff from the car we headed for a walk into town and then I went a longer walk along the old railway line bordering the Wigtown...
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Port Logan Botanical Gardens
On Sunday we drove to Port Logan to visit the Botanical Gardens there. It's a few years since we were last here and they seem to have been badly hit by the terrible frosts of last December. This area...
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A Visit to Glenwhan Gardens in Dunragit
On Tuesday we visited Glenwhan Gardens near Dunragit. We first visited them in spring 2021 so were delighted to visit again this week and especially on such a lovely warm spring day. They are a real...
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A Weekend in Swaledale
On Friday we headed to Reeth in Swaledale for a weekend with Gaye's long time friends Sandra and Bob and also Margaret who we met in Gretna to take down with us for the weekend. The 3 Girls have been...
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A Double Decker Bus Trip Through Rural Aberdeenshire
We are up in Aberdeenshire for a few days visiting Gaye's friend Collett so this morning while the girls went to Ellon for a shopping trip I took the Double Decker service bus to Macduff and Banff. It...
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A Visit to Newcastle United at St. James Park
On our way to St James Park we were taken through the grounds of Newcastle University and Leo, Hannah, and Tommy stood beside the statue of Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. commissioned to celebrate the 50th...
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Walking and Bowling
This was Tuesday and a nice walk in Upper Tarras valley to show Fraser and Tommy the Tarras Valley Nature ReserveTommy never wears anything else but shorts back home in California and intends to do the...
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Common Riding Day
Ready for the first Fair Crying at 9.15 amIts Langholm Common Riding day and Cornet Christopher Tait carries the flag through the Market PlaceUp at the sports field and Tommy has a win on the first...
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A Kippford to Rockcliffe Walk with the Southwells
 We had arranged to meet our friends Doreen and Norman from South Wales at their chalet at Barend near Sandyhills where they are staying for 2 weeks together with their daughter and son in law. The...
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First Day Back at School and a Wedding
Last Wednesday our American Grandchildren started school again. This is Tommy who attends Middle School. No uniforms in California and they dress for the heat.Elliot, Eleanor & Tommy. In front of...
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Last of the Summer Wine Walkers in Melrose
The plan today was to meet up at Melrose in time to catch the 11.00am bus to Earlston for a special walk down the Leader valley past this the Leaderfoot Viaduct and then finish at Melrose for a nice...
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A Great day at The Benty Show
Yesterday we headed up to Bentpath early morning so Gaye could enter 6 of her lovely house plants into the Benty Show. We had them all in the tent by 9.00am and then went for Coffee to Wilma and...
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A Visit to Dumfries House in East Ayrshire
 For many years Dumfries House in East Ayrshire has been on my Bucket list of places to visit and at last today we managed to get to visit it with Niall and Elspeth. It's under 2 hours to get there...
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A Walk on the Ullswater Way
Yesterday we headed to the Lake District and Ullswater for our Thursday walk. Mike, Charlie and myself left Langholm at 9.15am to be in Pooley Bridge in time for the 11.05am Ferry to Howtown. We...
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A Few Days in Newcastle
We have spent the last few days in Newcastle visiting Fiona and family. On Tuesday Fiona was not working and Hannah and Leo had a day off school due to it being an in-service day so Fiona took us to...
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A Visit to The Bill McLaren Exhibition in Hawick
Tom and I met up with John in Hawick this morning, firstly for a walk round Wilton Park followed by lunch in The Pavilion Cafe and then a visit to Wilton Museum to see The Bill McLaren Exhibition.A...
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This one is for Irving Bell
 At Milntown this afternoon to see Langholm play Haddington I was given a telling off by Irving Bell about not posting any blogs recently so this hopefully will make up for it. On a cold frosty day but...
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Aurora Borealis warning and a Sunset
I received an alert this afternoon on my mobile phone to say there was an immediate chance of the Northern Lights being seen in our area so I headed up to The MacDiarmid Memorial for a good view. As I...
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