What a change in weather. Part of a tropical storm from the America's has reached Britain. High winds and rain. Today winds gusting to 30 mph were attained and tonight gusting to 60 mph are expected. In some parts as much as 3" of rain is expected today and tonight which is just below the usual rainfall for all of September. The extremes are not expected where we are, most are on the west coast and Ireland. Today we took off from touring. Instead we did some domestic chores. I spent almost an hour with Chris, the new landlord trying to get the WiFi working and Linda did some washing. The problem turned out to be not our computer, but the router and extender had to be reset. Fortunately for us there is a washer and drier here we can use and its nice not to have to wash things in the sink. After doing our blog for yesterday we headed off to Kelso. Hey parking is free in Kelso, what a novel concept. We pulled into a parking lot and couldn't find the place to pay and were wondering if it was a private lot. Linda asked and was told its free. Off we went to tour Kelso, about 4 streets each about 2 blocks long. Stopped at the information and found out where the Hoot and Cat cafe, woolen stores, and Robertson the cobler is. Since we hadn't had lunch we started at the Hoot and Cat cafe. Carol and Harry had met some people there and wanted us to take some information on Moose Jaw airbase during the war. Had a lunch, the soup was great. There is a ruined Abby in Kelso and and that was our next stop. There wasn't much left, but as others it is impressive. The massive amount of stone and the height they built to makes one think about the time and effort which went into these structures. After that it was strolling the streets, window shopping and just taking it easy. We did go into A. Robertson which is a cobbler and Carol's research came up with the fact that our grandfather's uncle owned this shop until about 40 years ago. Its cold here, so we did some shopping for sweaters. Didn't buy but there are some possibilities, so may go back.
We returned to Burnbrae and even though it was a bit chilly we sat in our own private conservatory and had a glass of wine. The cows didn't seem to mind the strong wind! We are going to have a fire in our fireplace and a relaxing evening. Had the last of the meat pies from Alnwick market with some steamed veggies for dinner. We bought meat pies from 2 stalls - now, if we were to go back we'd know which stall to go to for a good pie.
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