Sunday saw a leisurely stroll round Archerfield Walled garden, along the willow walk and looking out for fairies! Then for the first time ever I walked across the Forth Road Bridge and back. We had coffee and cake at the base of the rail bridge then did the River Almond walkway to Cramond.
The week started off rather soggy and I was pleased I pushed myself to keep getting my steps in (four months now at 10,000 a day minimum). Storm Francis had the Tweed fairly roaring down stream and I misjudged one of my lunchtime walks spectacularly and got very very wet (the joy of flexi, being able to shower before clocking in, the joy of working from home, sitting with my hair just washed at work!) By the weekend the weather had settled and we walked up both Traprain Law and North Berwick Law. We saw the Exmoor pony herds on both but it was the Traprain boys that posed nicely.
Walks this week have included a quick spin round the Eildons on a misty morning before work, snails at sunset and then a walk from Colinton to Tollcross along the canal and via the very nearly finished Colinton tunnel mural project.
Scotland hasn't had a Covid 19 death in over a month, schools have been back a week and there is only ever the odd sporadic case in the Borders now. On the flip side Melrose (nice wee attractive market town) was strewn with disposable masks today and people returning at speed from France to try and beat the quarantine deadline blamed the government for forcing them to drive dangerously...! Our First Minister continuously reminds people that life shouldn't feel like normal at the moment, yet people seem to desperately cling onto their normal, whether that is pub crawls or the annual week in the sun.
