You know that I like order and routine in my life (fortunately Malcolm does too), but this week has been somewhat topsy turvy! On Monday, I did the food shopping as usual in the morning, but as it was such a lovely day, I suggested to Malcolm that we went to Kelso after lunch, as I wanted to take photos of the Abbey. I decided to try taking some black and white shots of the ruins, and I was delighted with the results
It must have been an awe-inspiring building! However, not all of it is in ruins
This carving looked new
I changed back to colour to take a photo of this wonderful window
Yesterday was another beautiful, bright, sunny day, so we decided to have a day out (normally I would have spent the day in the studio). We headed east to visit Berwick, which in times past has been fought over by the Scots and the English (it is now in England!). We had a very enjoyable (if slightly cold) walk round the walls, which were built to protect the town
This looks like a small church, but it is the magazine, where the gunpowder was stored!
The cold weather didn't stop these golfers from playing a round
Of course, a day out means lunch, which we had in a delightful cafe/gift shop called Doolally. We had delicious squash, fennel and ginger soup, served with a wonderful cheese scone
After lunch we continued our walk, pausing to admire the magnificent Victorian railway bridge
To try to give you an idea of the massive engineering feat the Victorians achieved, I put Malcolm in this photo to show you the scale of the stone blocks
I took a lot of photos over the two days, quite a few of which will be appearing in future Shadow Shot Sundays, but I'll finish today with another shot of Kelso Abbey - a photo
which could grace the cover of a Gothic thriller!!