The main reason for our trip back to Scotland in 2014 was because my dad was really quite poorly and we knew it was only a matter of time so we made the journey home to spend some time with him. We also managed to squeeze in a few sightseeing trips to help ease this particularly sad time for the kids.
We stayed with my mum in Kelso for 3 weeks while we were in Scotland, visiting dad in the care home as often as possible. The girls were born in the borders, we moved to Kelso from Aberdeen in February 1998 when Darren was 6 years old, so this was the place they knew from birth and had gone to nursery and primary school, so it was a great chance for them to relive some old memories, especially Cerys who was only 4 years old at the time of moving to Australia.
Hume Castle is the heavily modified remnants of a late 12th- or early 13th-century castle of enceinte held by the powerful Hume or Home family. Wardens of the Eastern March who became successively the Lords Home and the Earls of Home.
Hume Castle was a favourite place of ours to take the kids on a summer's evening so they could explore and run around.
Queen Mary's House is a listed sixteenth century building in Jedburgh which is where Mary, Queen of Scots stayed for a few years in 1566. The building has been open to the public since 1930 as a museum, although there is some doubt whether the Queen stayed in the building. The museum has concentrated on telling Queen Mary's story for the last 30 years.
Jedburgh Abbey, a ruined Augustinian abbey which was founded in the 12th century, situated in the town of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders 10 miles north of the border with England at Carter Bar.
Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10th November 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland.
William Wallace statue in the grounds of the Bemersyde estate, near Melrose is a statue commemorating William Wallace.
Scott and I took a day trip to Newcastle where we stopped off to take photos of the Angel of the North sculpture.
We stayed with my mum in Kelso for 3 weeks while we were in Scotland, visiting dad in the care home as often as possible. The girls were born in the borders, we moved to Kelso from Aberdeen in February 1998 when Darren was 6 years old, so this was the place they knew from birth and had gone to nursery and primary school, so it was a great chance for them to relive some old memories, especially Cerys who was only 4 years old at the time of moving to Australia.
Kelso Abbey is a ruined Scottish Abbey in Kelso. It was founded in the 12th century by a community of tironensian monks first brought to Scotland in the reign of Alexander 1.
On a deckchair in gran's living room.
View from Hume Castle.
Hume Castle was a favourite place of ours to take the kids on a summer's evening so they could explore and run around.
Mary Queen of Scots House, Jedburgh.
Queen Mary's House is a listed sixteenth century building in Jedburgh which is where Mary, Queen of Scots stayed for a few years in 1566. The building has been open to the public since 1930 as a museum, although there is some doubt whether the Queen stayed in the building. The museum has concentrated on telling Queen Mary's story for the last 30 years.
Inside Mary Queen of Scots house.
The beautiful town of Jedburgh.
Jedburgh Abbey, a ruined Augustinian abbey which was founded in the 12th century, situated in the town of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders 10 miles north of the border with England at Carter Bar.
Smailholm Tower is a peel tower at Smailholm, around five miles west of Kelso in the Scottish Borders. Its dramatic situation, atop a crag of Lady Hill, commands wide views over the surrounding countryside.
Dryburgh Abbey
Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10th November 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Constable of Scotland.
Fun at Floors Castle.
Dad with the girls.
Mum's new car.
Scott and I took a day trip to Newcastle where we stopped off to take photos of the Angel of the North sculpture.
It was extremely hard and sad saying goodbye due to the circumstances.
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