September and early October news...

It's been a while since I last wrote, but I have been busy! Anyway, it's now our holiday time and we have been doing a few things close to home. A couple of days ago we went to Edinburgh Zoo with Sandy and Olivia, and today Anna and I managed to get a few hours to ourselves (thanks to my mum!) so we headed off to Paxton House, close to Berwick, for a walk around the grounds as well as some lunch in the cafe inside.

Olivia dresses up again!


Sandy and Anna at Edinburgh Zoo.



The penguins come out for a walk!


By the rhinoceros enclosure. Olivia doesn't look too interested!



Sandy was impressed.



Above and below- by the River Tweed, in the grounds of Paxton House, close to Berwick.




By the River Tweed, Berwickshire. A beautiful day for an autumn walk.





At the entrance to Paxton House.



A hungry Highland Cow!



In the summer in Finland, Anna was forever picking wild berries. In October here in Scotland, she's still at it- brambles this time!



In the woods, close to Paxton House.




Another picture of the Tweed.



Both of us, after a big lunch in Paxton House!






Paxton House gardens.



Another one of the Highland Cows.

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Dunbar Lifeboats 200

Dunbar celebrated 200 years of Lifeboats being stationed in the town's harbour at the weekend. There was a parade up the High Street, which ended up at the harbour, and which we went along to watch.

It's amazing to think that volunteers have manned the lifeboats for two centuries, and have saved many, many lives when the seas have been rough, or whenever boats and people have got into trouble around the East Lothian coastline.


Anna poses with another Anna, dressed in clothes from 200 years ago!


In the High Street, by John Muir's statue.


Waiting for the parade.


A piper, warming up before the parade.


The current lifeboat, based at Dunbar.


The Reaper, a boat/museum, which sailed across the Forth, from Fife. We went on board and had a look at what it was like, sailing in years gone by.

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