A wander along the banks of the River Tweed
One of our brighter summer days and the river bank was buzzin with life
Images taken with Canon 40D using Tamron 18-270mm lens
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I am just an enthusiastic photographer living in the beautiful Scottish Borders, where I simply enjoy my hobby photographing the countryside.Most of my images are taken in and around the Tweed Valley, sometimes venturing out to explore other beautiful parts of Scotland and over the Border south on rare occasions
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Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Gracie Update
Well here we are at about 11 weeks, decided to get away for a week in the caravan
We still have one small problem now at 15weeks
Her Bladder Still Isn'’t Connected to her Brain Full Time Yet, Sometimes…….
She tiddles, gets a smack and is put outside
She’s learning…..She tiddles, and goes outside before you can catch her for the smack
We still have one small problem now at 15weeks
Her Bladder Still Isn'’t Connected to her Brain Full Time Yet, Sometimes…….
She tiddles, gets a smack and is put outside
She’s learning…..She tiddles, and goes outside before you can catch her for the smack
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Friday, 25 May 2012
Out & Around Windermere
Buried deep in a wooded valley of the Lake District, Stott Park is one of the few remaining examples of a type of mill once common in Lakeland. The bobbin mills drew on the natural resources which the area had in abundance - fast-flowing streams for power, and woodland - to produce in huge quantities the bobbins that were essential to the highly mechanised spinning mills of the Lancashire cotton industry
Near to the Lake District in Cumbria, this extensive working mill was begun in 1835 to produce the wooden bobbins vital to the Lancashire spinning and weaving industries. 
Although small compared to other mills, some 250 men and boys (some drafted in from workhouses) worked here over the years in often arduous conditions to produce a quarter of a million bobbins a week.
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By far the most interesting visit of the week, a superb and detailed guided tour brought the past to life
Graythwaite Hall Gardens deftly illustrate the genius of Thomas Mawson. Commisioned in 1896 he was instructed to utilise the existing contours and landscape to make a garden combining the formal and informal.
It is essentially a Spring garden settled in a wooded valley of twelve acres exhibiting an extensive collection of rhododendrons and azaleas. It is much as Mawson finished it although the modern era now offers a greater selection of hybrids and species.
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The Dutch Garden and Rose Garden are typical of the period and visitors can explore the paths through lawns and woodland to gain contrasting views of their surroundings. Towering above are some impressive trees, now giants sheltering smaller ornamentals and the Dogs cemetary and arboretum are havens of peace
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