I was heading out to walk a stretch of the Southern Upland Way this morning, when the rain started. So I shortened my route for the day and stayed local.
First stop was an excellent coffee and a bacon roll in The Spotty Dog cafe in Lauder.
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I did get out and do some walking.
Sunshine and showers Read More »
After yesterday’s weather, today is bright and cold, but a good day to get out and walk.
Walking on Lauder Common Read More »
Lauder Campsite – April snow
I woke during the night to hear the patter of snow on my tent, but as I was warm in my goose down sleeping bag, I went back to sleep.
I woke up again at about 5am, made some coffee and shot this view from my tent, whilst still warm in my sleeping bag.
The view from my tent at 5am – hot coffee in hand Read More »
I had to work this morning on a project for a client, so I went to a nearby hotel, with good coffee, sandwiches and good wifi.
Once done the weather started to change and eventually there was a heavy hail storm. Fortunately I was still in the car, heading for some wood I know where there is some interesting walks.
I got this photo in one of the warm sunny spells between the wind, rain and hail!
Lunch was back in the car – watching the hail.
Hail in Scotland
Once back at the campsite some of the hail showers looked more like snow showers. Not such a bad evening though, dinner in the watching movies on my iPhone.
Woodland walking and hail Read More »
After a slow start to the day, I set off to look at a hill fort, that is advertised here at the camp site. It was not far away but I stretched the walk out to about an 8 mile loop, which included a lunch stop. The weather was excellent, but once up high I needed a fleece to stop the chill in the wind. For lunch I found a convenient wall to shelter behind to keep out of the wind, so I could make some tea using my meths stove.
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What remains of the Hill Fort and Settlement is a series of earth works, high up with a great view of the surrounding area.
I am off to Scotland tomorrow, camping. As I am dropping Jeremy off at Herriot Watt University, on the way, I need some extra luggage room for the MX-5. So my tent, food, sleeping gear and a few other bits of gear are going into the 50l Boot Bag.
Packed – MX-5 Boot Bag Read More »
