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Craster Walk with a Fishy finish
Something a little bit different from the usual Wednesday walk. Ken arrived on the train from Edinburgh at Alnmouth Station but without John who had to drop out last night due to a chest infection....
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Bentpath to Langholm
Todays walk was to be a walk through memory lane for Peter from the time he used to live at Douglen and often walked around the area between Bentpath and Langholm. This is Tom & Peter outside the...
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An Edinburgh Stress Busting Walk
On Wednesday we tolok Gaye into the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for her big operation at 7.00am and she went to Theatre at about 9.30amMy Edinburgh friends Johm, Martin, and Ken arranged to meet me at...
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Burns Walk Hospitality from the Glovers
Todays Wednesday walk took us to Dumfries and the home of John and Marion Glover. They had extended an invitation to us to to the 5 mile Burns Walk through Dumfries and along the river Nith. We...
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A New Path on an Old Walk
Whenever it is a wet Wednesday and our wee group of walkers have nothing planned away from Langholm we opt for an Umbrella walk round Potholm and today was no different. With much moaning and groaning...
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Just What the Doctor Ordered
After Gaye's operation in Edinburgh in mid March she has recovered well enough to have a short break holiday so at very short notice I booked a long weekend in Portpatrick last weekend staying at the...
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Innerleithen to Peebles along the old Railway Line
There is a certain attraction to walking along an old railway line with the main one being a lack of hills. The Last of the Summer Wine Walkers seem to be more attracted these days to walking on the...
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Well Done Hannah
We are so proud of our Granddaughter Hannah who decided she wanted to raise money for her Granny Gaye's Hospital. She made and sold loads of cakes and scones and raised the sum of £70 for Macmillan...
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A Visit to St James's Park
As an Easter Sunday Lunch treat Fiona booked us all lunch at St. James's Park the home of Newcastle United. This was paid for by her Father in Law Han and was a huge success. It was great value for...
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Esk Walk with Mrs. Horsburgh from Selkirk
Evelyn Horsburgh from Selkirk has attended every Langholm Walking Festival since they started in 2002 and is also a Patron of the Buccleuch Centre. Many months ago she asked me if she could walk the...
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Return of Niall
Niall has returned to Langholm after his 3 month spell in Australia to join us for the first time since Christmas. He is fresh from completing a 3 day trek on the famous Bibbulmun Track in Western...
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Aberdeen via Two Bridges
This past weekend we headed to Newmacher just north of Aberdeen to visit Gaye's friend Collett who she has known since her schooldays in Dalbeattie. We travelled by train via Edinburgh and the journey...
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Gatehouse of Fleet Walk in Cally Estate
We decided to go a bit further afield today especially as the weather was looking so good so we headed off to Gatehouse of Fleet and the Cally Estate. This was a walk 3 of us did 2 years ago but it was...
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Birthday Lunch and a Walk
Today was my 67th Birthday and at 9.00am 4 of the last of the Summer Wine lads met at no 63 for their Wednesday walk at Appleby. This time I did not go with them as Gaye had had her 2nd dose of...
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My Birthday Walk at Oxenholme
Todays Wednesday walk was my Birthday Walk so we needed something a bit special so I picked a walk from Oxenholme Station in the Lake District. This is about 9 miles long and takes you on a route...
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River Walk and a Visit to Tom in DGRI
Another Wednesday and another day of rain. We had decided to walk the River Annan from Annan to Brydekirk and back on the other side and then visit Tom who was having a small operation in the DGRI. The...
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A Day in Newcastleton
There was only Tom and myself for our weekly walk today so we opted to visit Newcastleton and walk 2 routes featured in the booklet "Walks around Newcastleton". Despite Newcastleton being our near...
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Annual Walking Week in Great Glen
Our Annual Walking week was in The Great Glen this year and we all arrived at our country house near Drumnadrochit within 2 hours of each other last Saturday. This was the largest number ever to...
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Gaye's Sitootery
Gaye has always wanted a Summer House or as she calls it a Sitootery. Our friends Niall and Elspeth Weatherstone decided to make this wish into a reality and the whole Weatherstone family clubbed...
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Niall's Non Birthday Walk
The walk today was a Non- Birthday Walk selected by Niall as his birthday is at the wrong time to be with us so he selected a 6.6 mile walk from the town of Coldstream which partly followed the River...
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