Melrose Abbey

Spent most of the day in-and-around Melrose - the main snap is of the famous Melrose Abbey ...

... but before heading off to Melrose, we ran into Earlston and then on to, and up-and-over, the nearby 'Black Hill' - only about 3 or 4 miles in total, but quite steep in places!

A much more sedate pace, once in Melrose, where we stopped for lunch. Back to the cottage via Smailholm Tower (see extra), which always looks dramatic. You can just make out 'R' in the foreground, to give an idea of scale :-)