First of the Summer Wine

I joined some fellow retirees in our first walk of the year.  It was a treat through gentle Border hills, round by Stobo and ending with a fine lunch provided at John Lindsay's.  All done at a pace which encourages conversation allowing each of us to express our weariness at the state of the world with the challenges we will leave the next generation.  And to look forward to house moves, more grandchildren, foreign travel, weddings, ......
And below us the river Tweed - near the start of its winding journey to the sea.  The flood plain near Dawyck was doing its job.