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Our Final Week
We are now on the countdown and in our last week in California. Mostly these are just family as we have had a quiet week enjoying the sunshine and our grandchildren. Elliot is our Superbaby which is...
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On the Beach at Half Moon Bay
Our second last day in California and we headed up the Freeway to a beach near San Francisco, Half Moon Bay which was very nice and quite quiet when we arrived around 10.00am. Elliot seems to have...
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Our Last Full Day in California
As soon as you mention taking a photo Eleanor wants to be in it and Thomas disappears, while Elliot shuts his eyes.The family at Campbell Farmers Market this morning.Free samples of AppleA Mothers Day...
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Back From the USA and Walking Again
After 6 weeks in California it was good to get back with the lads and out for a long walk again. I had not seen Tom for 8 weeks and had forgotten how awkward, contrary, and argumentative he can be and...
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The Annandale Way in Lovely Spring Sunshine
What a difference a nice sunny day makes. Spring was in the air today as we headed to Brydekirk to do a section of the Annandale Way. Only John, Tom, and myself today but it was a perfect day for...
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Martins's Birthday Walk - The Cumbria Way Near Carlisle
As the date of Martin's Birthday Walk got closer the weather forecast looked awful but we decided to go for it and Tom, Peter, and myself met Martin, John, and Ken at Carlisle Station at 9.30am as they...
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Trees, Trees, and more Trees at Westwater
Today we only had Tom and myself on our walk so we decided to stay local and headed for Callister to walk up the valley at Wastewater Farm. Leaving the car at the forestry road end near the house at...
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Glendinning and Greensykes Walk
Two years ago we did the same walk and it was so wet we ended up like drookit rats by the time we had finished. Today was much better, although we had to delay the start due to rain but by 11.00am the...
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A Walk in Wilton Lodge Park
Today's walk was in Wilton Lodge Park in Hawick and consisted of an outer and inner circle of the park making a total of 5 miles walked. This was ideal for David with his knee problems and also suited...
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Truckers Forestry Road and the Eskdalemuir Hub
The purpose of today's trip to Eskdalemuir was to visit the new Eskdalemuir Hub for our lunch after the walk. The forecast for today was for a wet afternoon so we set off early and our 6 mile walk...
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A Visit to Portpatrick
We left Langholm last Thursday for a couple of nights in Portpatrick as we love this part of the world and it gives us a chance each year to visit Wigtown where Gaye was brought up until she was about...
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Peter's 70th Birthday Walk
Due to the bad weather and other unforeseen circumstances our planned Birthday Walk to Kelso has been postponed until later in the year. We did however go a short walk in the afternoon even although it...
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Kingholm Quay and a visit to Tom in DGRI
This weeks Wednesday walk was the Dumfries Parks and Riverside walk so we could visit Tom Stothart who was in the DGRI for what he called a Major-Minor operation. We parked our car at the hospital and...
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My Birthday Walk to Norham Bridge and Milne Garden
Todays walk was my Birthday walk so we headed for the Norham Bridge near Berwick on Tweed where it separates Scotland and England. The Edinburgh contingent arrived just before the Langholm contingent...
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A Visit to Winterhope
Hannah & Leo love to visit Winterhope to see all Wattie & Jean's hens and ducks. This is a new addition to their family a bantam and here she is on the point of laying an egg for Hannah's...
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Fiona's Walk to Lanercost
Fiona has been in Langholm for mid term holiday this week so was invited to join the Last of the Summer Wine Walkers and also choose the walk. She selected a walk from Brampton to Lanercost with the...
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A Family Visit
Fiona and the kids arrived a week ago to spend mid term in Langholm. What fun we have had with Hannah & Leo as Gaye and I looked after them for a good bit of the time to let Fiona work. A visit to...
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Kirkandrews-on-Esk Walk
It was just Tom and I on todays Wednesday walk so we decided to park at Kirkandrews-on-Esk and walk to Longtown on one side of the river and return from Longtown on the other bank. This was tom prove...
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Hadrian's Wall - Newtown to Carlisle
We decided today to continue from where we left off 2 weeks ago and walk from Newtown to Carlisle along Hadrian's Wall. The weather was glorious and we left 1 car in Rickerby Park at the end of the...
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Peter's Birthday Walk at Kelso
As this was Peter's Birthday walk deferred from earlier in the year he decided to take us to what I think is one of the nicest Border towns, Kelso with its lovely Town Hall. Of all the Border towns...
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