Eriba Man

  This is night No32/2020 living in the caravan. This is the second night at Melrose Gibson Park C&MC in Melrose in the Scottish Borders. The weather has improved quite a bit today. Only a couple of light showers and a very pleasant day. First walk today was from near the bridge to Gattonside. It's is another walk along the south bank of the River Tweed, returning alongside the new Borders Rail line. Some fine old trees on the path. The old railway bridge which is now back in full action. We climber up by the side of the bridge onto a track which runs parallel with the railway all the way back to the start of the walk. After lunch, headed 5 mins along the road to Leaderfoot to walk along the Leader Water Walk. It is a lottery funded path which was opened in 2010.  First stopped and looked at the very old bridge which crosses the Tweed, but is now just a pedestrian crossing. The Leader Water path leads 3 miles to Earlston, but we cut of half way along to do a circular route...

  This is night No 30/2020 living in my caravan. This is our third and final night at Berwick Seaview C&MC Site, near Berwick upon Tweed. What a wet day! Got up around 0630, and took the dogs down to the beach and we all got drenched. It's been a day of getting soaked, drying the kit and the dogs, then repeat. Good walking though, and I'm quick learning that a pair of waterproof trousers are a 'must' when caravanning in the wet. Makes a huge difference having dry legs. Last night, however, was really quite fine and still. Took the dogs along the waterfront past the RNLI hut and the old docks. Allows for a nice view of historic Berwick. So, after getting dried and having some breakfast, we headed back down to the Chain Bridge to walk a slightly different route along the Tweed. The tree covering helped with the rain. This is a picture from England of a far better and lush looking Scotland! Walked back to the bridge to see if any work had been started, but it wasn'...