Sunday in the Borders
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angledgeAh yes, yet another idyllic Sunday spent driving around Scotland, admiring gorgeous scenery in the company of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
seolta & funkyplaid. Even better, this time we had spiffington with us too! Mathew (edit: now known to me as mxhaunted) also came along for the ride, but his bad knee limited him to the car for part of the day. Bad joints = no fun.
We got off to a bit of a late start, on account of everyone (except me) being out the night before until 4:00 AM at a dance party. Nonetheless, we got rolling in good time & proceeded South into the Borders, with the destination in mind being Traquair House, one of the oldest inhabited houses in Scotland.
We never made it. Instead, we wended our way through delightful little towns, narrow B-roads, sheep & cattle pastures, over hills & through dales. We proceeded through alternating 15-minute bands of rain & sunshine. When we realized that our late start meant we wouldn't get to spend any decent amount of time at Traquair House, we drove up to its famous Bear Gates, took some photos, & headed to a pub in Peebles for some grub. There we wereharassed cheerily served by two extremely bored & garralous waiters. We proceeded from Peebles with no particular destination in mind, & ended up at Scott's View, a fantastic overlook near the River Tweed.
The order of the day was "Stop whenever we feel like it." We drove across one bridge three times in order to capture the perfect photo of it (not posted here). We stopped to play with a Giant Schnauzer (eeeeeeee!) whose owner probably wondered who these crazy people trying to kidnap her dog thought they were, anyway. We skipped rocks under a 230-year-old bridge. We checked out the ruins of a Roman fort.
As we were starting to wind back towards Auld Reeky,seolta directed us to one last surprise destination: the town of Legerwood! That's right, there are now a few MORE photos of me standing under that little iron sign near the kirk, & one more entry in the visitor's log in my handwriting. I was very happy to have my good friends there with me & it made a fantastic finish to a fabulous day.
A long look from Scott's View across the Scottish Borders.
Beauty was present at multiple scales.
I wanted to steal the rowboat that was resting at the bow in the river.
This used to be a Roman fort called Trimontium; now, it's a barley field.
Reading the site information at Trimontium. Is anyone surprised that it'sfunkyplaid that found a tiny inaccuracy?
And because I'm an engi-geek, here's a photo of windmills!
So just remember ... I live in a beautiful country. Now that I've found a decent photo host (thanks for pointing me to Photobucket,ohioswimmer!), expect more photos in future posts!
seolta & funkyplaid. Even better, this time we had spiffington with us too! Mathew (edit: now known to me as mxhaunted) also came along for the ride, but his bad knee limited him to the car for part of the day. Bad joints = no fun.We got off to a bit of a late start, on account of everyone (except me) being out the night before until 4:00 AM at a dance party. Nonetheless, we got rolling in good time & proceeded South into the Borders, with the destination in mind being Traquair House, one of the oldest inhabited houses in Scotland.
We never made it. Instead, we wended our way through delightful little towns, narrow B-roads, sheep & cattle pastures, over hills & through dales. We proceeded through alternating 15-minute bands of rain & sunshine. When we realized that our late start meant we wouldn't get to spend any decent amount of time at Traquair House, we drove up to its famous Bear Gates, took some photos, & headed to a pub in Peebles for some grub. There we were
The order of the day was "Stop whenever we feel like it." We drove across one bridge three times in order to capture the perfect photo of it (not posted here). We stopped to play with a Giant Schnauzer (eeeeeeee!) whose owner probably wondered who these crazy people trying to kidnap her dog thought they were, anyway. We skipped rocks under a 230-year-old bridge. We checked out the ruins of a Roman fort.
As we were starting to wind back towards Auld Reeky,
seolta directed us to one last surprise destination: the town of Legerwood! That's right, there are now a few MORE photos of me standing under that little iron sign near the kirk, & one more entry in the visitor's log in my handwriting. I was very happy to have my good friends there with me & it made a fantastic finish to a fabulous day.A long look from Scott's View across the Scottish Borders.
Beauty was present at multiple scales.
I wanted to steal the rowboat that was resting at the bow in the river.
This used to be a Roman fort called Trimontium; now, it's a barley field.
Reading the site information at Trimontium. Is anyone surprised that it's
funkyplaid that found a tiny inaccuracy?And because I'm an engi-geek, here's a photo of windmills!
So just remember ... I live in a beautiful country. Now that I've found a decent photo host (thanks for pointing me to Photobucket,
ohioswimmer!), expect more photos in future posts!
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Date: 2004-06-29 12:13 pm (UTC)Thanks to all of you yummy people for the company and banter and indeed the sweets.
Get your requests in for the next destination :)
Re: and on request tonight...
Date: 2004-06-29 04:03 pm (UTC)Ullapool is a must but a trip there has to include driving around to Achiltibuie and Stac Pollaidh. There is reasonably priced little hostel within drunken staggering distance of the Ceilidh Place and it's fine whisky selection, that is home to a husky called Homer and a very nice proprieter called Richard. And if we can persuade D into two nights away from the books i can show y'all the most beautiful croft in Scotland too.
request? nay, a demand!
Date: 2004-06-29 08:22 pm (UTC)Re: request? nay, a demand!
Date: 2004-06-30 08:23 am (UTC)3 in my car is comfy and it would cost roughly £50 each to get there including fuel and ferry. Hostel would be about £10-12 a night i guess. We may want to consider a hire car for extra comfort and speed but that increases cost a bit.
I reckon, it can be done in 4 days giving at least two full days in situ which is enough to get a feel for the place, if not see everything possible.
I can fit it in between 17th and 23rd July or sometime in August and it doesnt have to be a weekend. Lets chat seriously on Friday.