Aberdeen and St Andrews

I was very lucky in the first weekend in March to visit Aberdeen with my Aunt and Uncle. We left home early (I bet you are all in shock now!!) and drove the 3 hr journey to Aberdeen. We stopped for lunch at this gorgeous little town called Stonehaven. It has a lovely bay and a very quaint Pub. After a great lunch at the Pub we continued on to a place just past Stonehaven called Dunnottar where we stopped to look at Dunnottar Castle. It was a windy walk down to the Castle as it is perched on a cliff (perfect for defending in it's day I guess) but was worth it as it is quite picturesque. We took some pics and then headed to our hotel in Aberdeen for a few drinks.
The next day my Aunt and I went shopping! After a day of hunting for bargains and a few choice buys we headed back to the hotel for a few pre-dinner drinks and to meet my Uncle.
Up again early to head home we decided to travel home the coastal route, passing through St Andrews. It's a University town and a bit posh! We went for a brisk walk along the beach (I say brisk as it was blowing a gale and absolutely freezing!). I walked across the famous Swilkin Bridge. After watching some brave golfers teeing off from the first tee on the new course we decided it was time to head home.
Overall a great weekend.

Scotts View and William Wallace

At the beginning of this month (I know I'm slack!!) I visited Scott’s View and the Statue of William Wallace both in the Borders.
Scott’s View is named after Sir Walter Scot the poet who apparently loved the view so much his funeral procession lead by his own horses, stopped there of the horses own accord as they were so used to stopping there with their owner. It's a beautiful view and although you can't really tell from the picture the sun was shining!
From Scott’s View I went to the statue of William Wallace in Dryburgh. It is a massive stone statue in the middle of nowhere. It was also the beginning of Snowdrop season which heralds the beginning of spring. They are very cute little flowers that spring (no pun intended!!) up everywhere.

Grey Mare's Tail and Moffat!

Last week I went for a drive to Moffat and stopped off at Grey Mare's Tail on the way. It's a nice drive scenery wise although the narrow roads with a drop on one side and embankment on the other make for some scary situations with trucks! Thankfully I managed not to get run off the road this time!

Grey Mare's Tail is a waterfall (for those of you wondering why I was going to see a horse’s tail!). It was raining so I rugged up to keep warm and wore my lovely hat to keep my ears warm (have you worn yours lately Chinner??) so please don't laugh at it! There were lots of sheep on the hills surrounding the waterfall and they were my only company as everyone else had the common sense to stay indoors in the sunny Scottish weather! Once I'd seen the waterfall I headed back to the car and continued on to Moffat.

On the way I noticed a sign with a sheep on it wondering why they were telling me there were sheep in the area I soon realised it was because they were on the side of the road and not behind a fence! Thankfully they weren't on the road but it did make me think of all those cliché movies where the sheep block the road and that there might be some truth to it!

Moffat is a cute little town with lots of little shops along its main street. I had a wander around before heading to the Moffat Toffee Shop for some Moffat Toffees. Yum! They are a bit strange flavour wise but very nice. After stocking up on some toffees I headed back to Selkirk - carefully avoiding the sheep!