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Monday

Today was a travel day. Pauline managed to get some washing done at the local “laundry” and was served by an ogre.But the results were OK. Got away at about 9.30 and headed for Falkirk to have a look at the “Falkirk Wheel” a VERY smart bit of engineering. Almost miscued on the direction but after two U-turns got back on track. Watched the “Wheel” go through one cycle and left, walking past another lock and thinking how relaxing a canal barge holiday might be. Ah well, maybe another time? Headed for Jedburgh, the fabulous old cathedral skeleton, driving through the Northumberland forest and well ordered countryside, towards a point where Hadrian’s Wall intersected with the road we were travelling on, but couldn’t find much wall. The nearest bit was the 650AD church which utilised quite a few of the Roman wall blocks.From there to Newcastle-On Tyne and our Hotel which we’d booked from the hotel at Bridge of Allen. Settled in and fanged into some fingerlicken chicken from across the road.

Tonight has been a blog catch-up getting on track for the first time. However I still need to download photos from Pauline and my cameras to get the blog into some stage of realism and of course to rise to the occasion of my daughter in laws comment “all you need to do now is getthe photo’s in there to give it some realism. So to work!