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A Family Common Riding
With all the family in Langholm for this years Common Riding for the first time since 2006 this was a real special occasion. In 2006 we only had one grandchild Hannah but now we have Eleanor, Leo, and...
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A Birthday Picnic
We decided to combine a visit to Jean & Wattie with a special picnic to celebrate Gaye's forthcoming 70th birthday.The weather was fantastic and Winterhope Cottage is such a great place especially...
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Loads of Cousins
Cousin Hilary and her daughter Meg and her 2 sons Sam and Tom visited us on the Wednesday prior to the Common Riding. The weather was glorious and most of the time was spent in the garden.The purpose...
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Quintinshill Walk
As we are coming up to the date of the 100th Anniversary of the starting of the 1st World War we decided this week to walk the 6.5 mile trail at Gretna that takes in the Quintinshill Train Disaster...
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Eden Estuary Trail
This weeks walk was the Eden Estuary Trail from a book called Solway Coast Rambles and it proved to be an excellent choice. The weather forecast shown earlier in the week was terrible and on Tuesday...
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Walkers take to the Bowling Green
As a change from our weekly walk we headed to the Langholm Old Bowling Green this morning for a fun competition.John, David, and Niall relaxing in between the ends.The Last of the Summer Winers with...
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A weekend in Scarborough
For the last few months while Gaye has been having Chemotherapy treatment we have tried to have aregular treat away somewhere. This one in Scarborough also combined as a 70th Birthday present for Gaye....
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Copshawholm walk
Only 1 photograph this week as its a walk that Tom and I did a few weeks ago but Niall and Peter had not been on it. Its amazing how quickly we did the walk without Tom present. Although the...
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Colvend and Kippford Walk
Last Wednesday the Last of the Summer Wine Walkers came over to Sandyhills on the Solway Coast where Gaye and I and the family were staying for a week in a Log Cabin at Barrend. Three of the gang, Tom,...
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Family Week at Sandyhills
Fiona had booked a Log Cabin at Barrend for the week so we shared this with them for a wonderful week with mostly excellent weather and great fun with our grandchildren Hannah & Leo.Hannah and I...
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John's Birthday Walk at Ruberslaw and Fatlips Castle
Last week we met at our holiday Log Cabin and this week we met at John & Sandria's holiday cottage near Denholm. The occasion was John's Birthday walk which took us on a circular route from Denholm...
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In Memory of Jean Weatherstone who Died Today
Our good friend Jean passed away today at the age of 85. We were neighbours when our family lived at Masonic Buildings way back in the early 60s and the Weatherstone's lived at Airswood in what is now...
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Drumburgh and the Roman Frontier
Today's walk again took us to the shores of the Solway on the English side and the village of Drumburgh where we first of all followed the coast road and then followed the line of an old railway which...
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Local Gardens
Every morning I walk a mile to collect my paper and start the day off before breakfast. I have planned my route so I can pass by three of the nicest gardens in the town. During the last couple of weeks...
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Black Esk Reservoir Walk
The last time we walked round the Black Esk Reservoir was in November 2011 and it was only Tom and myself so as Niall and Peter had not been round before we decided this would make a fairly easy walk...
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Howtown to Pooley Bridge - A Farewell Special
As Niall is returning to Australia tomorrow we thought we would have a special walk in the Lake District. We were restricted for time so set of at 8.30am to catch the Ullswater Ferry from Pooley Bridge...
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A Visit to Hawick's Park
I had planned to go to Abbey St Bathens for a Birthday Walk yesterday but Tom was unable to go as he was a bit under the weather so we decided to cancel Sandrias Birthday Walk until November.A few...
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Carsethorn and John Paul Jones
Todays Wednesday walk took us to the Solway Coast and the village of Carsethorn near Kirkbean. Tom selected the walk from a book containing 50 walks in the South West of Scotland and he picked it...
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The Bridges of Langholm
We had planned to walk in either the Carlisle area or near Dumfries today depending on which had the better weather, but on looking at the weather forecast this morning which indicated rain coming in...
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Northumberland Coastal Walk
This will be the second time this year we have walked the Northumberland Coast from Craster to Low Newton. We walked it in February but because John was ill then and unable to do it we decided as it...
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