Twa dugs and a Labrador.....

......grey day in the capital so we executed plan A and headed to Peebles 'For Pleasure and Shopping'. The sunny walk along the iver Tweed past Neidpath Castle was a feast of frog spawn, dog walkers (the inevitable dog shite), anglers, ramblers, and gay couples. Our stop for lunch under the Manor Water bridge was relaxing and delicious in equal measure (did I mention the spring sunshine?), and we returned to Peebles Centre Ville without entering the old railway tunnel which was far too 'Scooby Doo' creepy without a million candle torch to guide the way. Perhaps next time.

The journey home to Embra was punctuated by a stop to collect my new fly fishing rod at the excellent Fishers and a visit to Grandpa to wish him a belated happy birthday, lobbing a bottle of peaty Bruichladdich at his taste buds in the process. Dad didn't disappoint the gore expectation of the boys by presenting a boiled fox, BBQ'd fox tail and a small tin of fox poo to examine..........the ingredients for superb fox tail soup*

Home to Embra for a ruby with the LLCoolJims and a can of the sublime Brew Dog Punk IPA......probably the best canned beer in the world.


*Creative credit to LLCoolJim for this joke, it made me laugh out loud.