Cragside, Northumberland
Cragside, Northumberland
Cragside, Northumberland
Cragside, Northumberland. Is that mist above the river or has Muz cracked the barbie up again?
Cragside, Kitchen
Cragside, Dining Room
Cragside, Library
Cragside, Bedroom
Cragside, The Gallery
Cragside, Northumberland – the rather impressive Drawing Room
Cragside, Drawing Room
Cragside, Northumberland – the equally impressive fireplace
Cragside, Northumberland. Muppets
Mortonhall Caravan & Camping Park, Edinburgh
Better get tea started
What’s this blue sky?
Breakfast was eyed very curiously by Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French and German neighbours....
....who couldn’t seem to grasp the Edinburgh smoke-free zone rules
Entertainment was provided by the site, dragging French motorhomes out of the mud
Just when you’re relaxing – that’s what little sisters are for
Healthy lunch option....
....followed by a spot of exercise
This is what happens when you sit in herr BongoMeister’s chair
Another meal, another barbecue....
....with all kinds of health food available
Craigmillar castle, Midlothian. Do not feed the animals
Craigmillar castle, Midlothian
Craigmillar castle, Midlothian
Craigmillar castle, Midlothian
Crichton castle, Midlothian
Crichton castle, Midlothian
Crichton castle, Midlothian
At Crichton castle, Midlothian
Blackness castle, West Lothian
Blackness castle, West Lothian
Blackness castle, The Hall
South Queensferry, West Lothian
South Queensferry, West Lothian. Muzette on the wobble-water again
Forth rail bridge – and no scaffolding
Room with a view?
....
....it’s rude not to. Picture taken at 2.15am
Bongo breakfast
Maid of the Forth, ferry from South Queensferry to Inchcolm island
Inch Garvie in the Forth estuary, a convenient place for the centre support of the bridge....
....and a convenient place to put gun batteries....
....used in the wars to defend the bridge....
....and the Rosyth dockyard
The BBC were on the boat filming....
....look out in the near future for a documentary....
....about Colm Cille (Columba), king of the Saints
Barnbougle castle, West Lothian, shot from a long way away in Scottish weather
Typical wildlife on Inchcolm
Inchcolm Abbey, Fife. The Iona of the east
A doorway arch in arches in an arch
Muzette in the latrine drain
Inchcolm abbey cloister
The abbey from one of the many gun batteries
Gun positions used in both World Wars, with troop tunnels and an ammunition railway
Back to the mainland....
....before some proper rain came in
Aberdour castle, Fife
Aberdour castle, Fife
Aberdour castle, Fife
Walled garden, Aberdour castle, Fife
St. Fillan’s church, Aberdour, Fife
Kellie castle, Fife
Raw gooseberries, Kellie castle
Falkland Palace, Fife
Falkland Palace, Drawing Room
Falkland Palace, Tapestry Corridor
Falkland Palace, The Chapel Royal
Our Lady of Ostrabrama, made from ammunition boxes and corned beef tins
A large game of draughts at Falkland Palace....
....which Muzette won
Burleigh castle, Perth & Kinross
Loch Leven ferry to Castle Island
Loch Leven castle, Perth & Kinross
Glentress, Borders
Glentress, Borders
Muzette reading, Muz Jr on the beer
Bacon, egg, Lorne sausage & clootie dumpling
You’ll need a chainsaw to cut through that
Glentress, Borders
Muz Jr hired an Orange Five....
....which is supposed to be good
Remember last year’s tour, ....
....Jr did six of the eight centres in the Borders area
....so he was ferried to Innerleithen to complete the set....
....and take some quite good shots on his phone – this of Innerleithen village with the Tweed in the foreground....
....while Muzette got some proper tuition in the Glentress forest
Meanwhile I went to the oldest inhabited house in Scotland, Traquair house....
Traquair House, The High Drawing Room
Traquair House, The Library
Traquair House, Drawing Room
Traquair House, Drawing Room
Traquair House, Chapel
Amazing
This is what 8 hours of mountain-biking does
Peebles, Borders
Peebles
After sampling many offerings including the renowned Anstruther fish bar in the Kingdom of Fife, best fish & chips were at Jim Jack’s in Peebles
....washed down with chilled wine and Brew Dog beer
That’s all for this trip, catch you next time
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