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Train ride to Edinburgh

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More free tickets from Scotrail and we decide to travel to Edinburgh on the new Borders line from Tweedbank for a trip around the city on a Hop on Hop off bus. This time friends Keith and Margaret invited us to stay over with them in Hawick so we could get away a bit earlier and they would join us for a day out. We also decided to call and see a friend from Val’s school days who also lives in the Hawick area. The weather was not good as we headed to Hawick but after an hour we were off the beaten track searching for a hidden cottage in the middle of nowhere. After a good catch up of over 40 years of news we mentioned our trip on the train and were surprised to find that Ashley had written a book about the rebirth of the Borders Line. Another move to our hosts for the evening and ready for an early-ish start. With Tweedbank being a new station, it has been built on the outskirts of the town with plenty of space for a 600 space car park. However, these soon fill up and sure en...

Lanark trip

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Donnie Munro concert in Lanark!!  Close enough in distance but why not stay over and take a slow drive back the next day ?? The weather looked fair so we decided to head off via Moffat but hit a few heavy showers. This, however, produced quite a few spectacular rainbows. We found a Dobbies Garden Centre near our destination so headed there for an afternoon cuppa before heading for our B&B. Luckily the Sat Nav knew where we were going but the journey involved quite a few narrow roads and reflex turnings !! The route to the concert took us past a very congested part of Lanark with traffic looking for parking places - they can't all be going to see Donnie! - No! It was a local firework display and traffic was really slow with poor parking and hoards of pedestrians. Again Sat Nav to the rescue as our route took us past a parking area with a few spaces. The Lanark Memorial Hall was busy and the concert Sold Out. After the music we headed back to the B&B but ev...