Great Scot — It’s Thornhill Part II

Last Friday, Bob and I took a train from Newcastle, England to Dumfries, Scotland where we were met by our homeowner. It was the first time that we have been met by someone we know, as we sat for these same homeowners last year. It was great to get reacquainted and hear about their trip to New Zealand and Australia. We had a great afternoon tea and lovely home-cooked meal with them as well as a couple of walks with Bruce, our favorite border terrier, before they headed off on April 1.

Bruce is as adorable and energetic as ever.

Wondering what we are doing with a phone on our face

Sunday, April 2, was sunny so we headed to the local castle for a walk in the woods that had been highlighted in the paper the prior day. There was no charge to hike on the grounds. We chose the 5 mile Castle route.

The castle from below at the end of the hike

Today (Tuesday) we did another forest hike. This time we headed towards the little village of Ae (yep, just the 2 letters) to hike a little over 5 miles in the Ae Forest. Bruce accompanied us on a lovely, sunny day out. We saw a number of people — mostly families enjoying the mountain bike trails — but no other hikers or dogs.