Apologies for the lapse in posts, but between travel, rural internet challenges and my need for some R&R, it’s been hard to fit in. We’re now very comfortably ensconced at my sister Deborah and her husband Peter’s house in southern England for several days. They live in a beautiful house called Blackhall Cottage, complete with thatched roof, that dates from the 1600’s! Our days here are made up of walks through neighboring fields and narrow hedgerow-lined paths, wide-ranging conversations fueled by good English teas & ales (depending on the time of day) in their homey kitchen, and delicious meals whipped up by my sister. So incredibly relaxing and rejuvenating.
But I’m getting ahead of myself here. I need to report on our last day in Edinburgh on Wednesday. After catching up on our sleep nicely and having another ‘full Scottish breakfast’, we headed for the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh. Along the way, however, I found this lovely mosaic over the door to an old bank building:
From the gardens we went straight to get a cup of tea, and rest our legs before tackling Calton Hill, at the end of what they call the “Royal Mile”. It was really pretty as sunset approached, and I captured this view back to the west toward Edinburgh Castle:
On our way to dinner, I snapped one more shot, this one of the Scott Monument near Waverly Station.
Phew! That’s it for Edinburgh. We caught an 8 am flight the next morning to Bristol, where my brother-in-law, Peter, picked us up and drove us to their place in South Tawton. I’ll write more and share some photos of our visit here tomorrow.
