And it is lovely. Shorts and sports sandals. Rape seed is bright below the Mintos and the ground is pretty dry but not so hard as to need care. 12k, half tarmac, half farm tracks. Meantime the desperate duo just slept .
We acquired this steel woodpecker 4 years ago (or maybe 5) at Ancrum. It occupies a half trunk alongside the Borders Abbey Way which runs through our ‘garden’ (wild wild woods). It has weathered very nicely on both sides and is frequently commented on - which is probably because while we have two pairs of woodies in the woods, they are easy to hear and difficult to see.
@thebaywindowgirl Not a bad idea, an alternative is to park in St Boswells and walk down to Jedburgh and a bus back. Main Street Trading makes a great place to stop in St Boswells and the Naked Sourdough as good but different in Jed.
More views from the weekend, great atmosphere and some interesting art, including another acquisition, a hedgehog created (along with others) from recovered paperback books that were due to be pulped.
I blew my beer and wine budget for a couple of months with this exceptionally tactile pot from Fiona Morris. I was curious as to how difficult the firing was. Apparently very…
She was delighted when we asked whether we could pick it up - apparently too few people do that. Worth the experience, it adds so much.
The dug has been presented with a new toy by a visitor who has been running with us this weekend, one that bears a strong likeness to a character from that well known, hard hitting political and social satire, ‘Shaun the Sheep’.
All too predictably it is now known by all (and he can distinguish by name and type most of his balls, frisbees, ropes etc..), wait for it,
We were at Ancrum and decided to run along the Borders Abbey Waye from Harestanes across to the Waterloo Memorial via the ‘Count’s Folly’ a C18 observatory and summer house.
Out third book group starts next week. If you're interested in joining get in touch! The group will meet monthly in the bookshop. #lgbtqi#bookgroup#scottishborders
The majestic and amazingly complete remains of the abbey church at Jedburgh Abbey in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1138 and developed over several centuries, despite repeatedly falling victim to cross-border conflict. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/jedburgh/jedburghabbey/index.html
The best part according to the dug. He waits around anxiously, not because of the strimmer just worrying about when I am going to kick it again.
Mind you a ball that had seen better days when it was rescued by the river after the spring high water is looking as though its time is up. It no longer leaves my foot with a whump, more a sad wheeze.
The harbour at Burnmouth in the Scottish Borders, the first village you reach in Scotland when travelling north on the A1: though it's all too easy to pass through without really noticing. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/burnmouth/burnmouth/index.html
Morning run. Glorious morning, a little bite in the wind, but bright and dry. We took a route through the woods. and then over the old railway track and back via the Teviot.
8/4k, mainly tracks with half a k of road. I got back to see that it really has sprung. The Kats basking in the sun, and the rockette who has been up and about for a few days making one of her regular breakouts from the garden.
We used the tracks through the #windfarm near #Eyemouth to get around. What started as a bright morning had moments of threat in the sky, although we didn't get wet.
It's a Sunday, which means another day in our bookshop! 2024 has been a patchy year so far, so I'm hoping the better (?) weather brings bookish types out! #bookshop#scottishborders#books
Hermitage Castle, in a remote corner of the Scottish Borders south of Hawick. This is a castle with a truly forbidding reputation and atmosphere, and in our picture is oddly reminiscent of the figure in Edvard Munch's "The Scream". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hawick/hermitagecastle/index.html
The 14th international programme gilm - more than 70 films across cinema screenings, moving-image exhibitions, live performances, and a Festival Ceilidh. Fun, friendly and challenging. Kicks off May 2.
It is just as well that the seeds of Dandelions are so infertile!!! But having deadheaded a great number, we have enough for the first couple of batches of Dandelion ‘honey’ of the season. Goes very well with lots of things, although I love it in yoghurt and porridge.
We have a series of author events throughout the year. Our next features local #ScottishBorders favourite, crime writer Ed James on Thursday 2 May. Book now as this one is almost fully-booked!
Our events are free of charge. Book via our wesbite.
A great talk by Mary Craig in #Fala about the facts and fictions around the Witch hunts in the Scottish Borders. New (to me) was the high rate of suicides amongst convicted men (if executed the Kirk got their inheritance, if suicides then they were just damned) and the last (1941) conviction for Witchcraft - still sealed!
As a pre-emptive strike we also picked up an extra copy of her book to prevent our daughter filching ours…