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| ARRIVING AT POLWARTH KIRk |
Hi all - as we reach halfway through the week, I hope you are doing well and keeping healthy. I am still visiting my Aunt and Uncle at the farm, and having a wonderful time. We just got back from a day down to Duns and Berwick Upon Tweed. I had said earlier today on Facebook that our plans had been laid to rest for the day because of rain. However about an hour after I said that, the rain stopped and the sun was trying to come out, so we took a chance on the change in the weather and took off on part of our journey. Back tracking to earlier in the morning....I woke up around 7:30 am again, had some breakfast and got dressed for our trip. Our plan was to go to Jedburgh, Kelso and then into Duns. It was drizzling a little when we started, but about 8 miles down the road it was pouring, very overcast and dreary. So we came to a general consensus that we would try again tomorrow and hopefully the weather would be better. So we turned and headed back to the farm. We got back and had a cup of coffee and started to watch Margaret Thatcher's funeral on tv. The rain stopped and we decided to take a chance and hit the road, with a slight change of plans. We decided to go to Duns today as its not too far away and if it started raining we could get back home fairly quickly. Duns is an important area for my Aunt as she went to primary school there as a child. I got to see the church in Polwarth where she was christened and went to Sunday school. After the church we headed to another interesting place she lived as a child the Marchmont Railway Station. Her dad was a station master and they used to live at the station. It is no longer a station, but the house still stands today (the track outside is gone, but the platform is still there). We met the family that lives there. My aunt had some old photos of the station to show them. And they had some old photos to show her that she hadn't seen before. I also got to see the little shed that was used as a post office that her mother ran. It was a very interesting trip, and I am glad I got the chance to see where she grew up as a little girl. Make sure you check out my photo album when I upload it. You will see all the places I am talking about. After talking with the people at the station house, we headed into Duns to a garden center. My Uncle is looking to buy a shed so he wanted to check them out.They also had a cafe in the garden center so we had lunch there. This time it was potato and leek soup, although my Aunt and I came to the consensus that it didnt really taste like potato and leeks, more like celery lol. After lunch, we headed towards Berwick Upon Tweed via the town of Coldstream. Berwick Upon Tweed is actually in England, so I changed countries today lol. It was kind of later in the afternoon when we arrived in Berwick.
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| BERWICK UPON TWEED - ALONG THE TOP OF THE WALL |
Berwick is a walled city in the county of Northumberland. I had visited there before but only in the shopping village. I didnt realize it was walled. So this time we went up on the wall and walked halfway around it. The walls were built between 1558 and 1570 to keep the invading Scots out of the town. It was really interesting to walk up on the ramparts. There are scenic views all around the city from up there. After walking around the wall a little bit, we headed back to the car and drove home. So here I am working on the blog and photos again. Tomorrow I think we are going to do the Jedburgh part of our trip that we missed today. Hopefully the weather holds up. Until then, have a good one and I will be back tomorrow night :-)
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