Yesterday morning, we headed to Melrose, as we had a voucher for free entry to Melrose Abbey. The skies were blue - perfect for taking photos of this amazing building
the traffic cones are there to stop visitors walking on to an area which is being excavated. They have found the foundations of pillars
you know that I don't like heights ........
........ but it was worth the fear and anxiety to climb an awful lot of steps up the bell tower to look out over the wonderful views
I was hanging on to the rails and the walls, but Malcolm was quite relaxed!
(un)fortunately, there was no access to the top of the bell tower
the blue sky provided a good background to these photos
safely back on the ground, every where I turned there was something to take a photo of ........ big things
........ and little things
when we have visited the Abbey in the past, we haven't paid attention to the house at the far end of the grounds, but yesterday we discovered that it is called Cloister House, and it is a holiday home. It was open to the public just for the day, so we were able to have a good look round- and I was allowed to take photos
two things to finish - first, we didn't have a scone, we had a raspberry muffin
and second - have you ever seen a bagpipe-playing pig !?