May Flowers

Jamie and I spent much of yesterday morning recovering--sleep, food, movies from Tuesday night's fun. After lunch we biked out to the North Sea to the city of Musselburgh. The weather has been just brilliant these past few days and today's is much the same. The wind got a bit chilly to sit too long and read the books that we brought, so we made our way back to Dalkeith. Two losses at chess and a sound thumping at Risk told me never to play Jamie in games again. Okay, maybe I will, but I'll stick to cards.


We depart for Alnwick to see our friend Wade, the city and the castle today. Our overnight trip should provide enough time to take in the sights and enjoy the beautiful little English city. The Duke, with some money from the royal family, has been working on re-doing the Alnwick Castle Gardens for the past three years, and we can expect to see some amazing flowers and landscaping. We're hoping to do some hiking the following day at St. Abb's Head on our return trip.