Monday 27 August 2012

A Day out in Peeblesshire

Something different today, still raining, so we headed off in the car through Peebles and stopped of at Keilzie Gardens where we popped into the Osprey Centre.  The duty Volunteer, a lovely gent spent ages with us telling us about the recent three chicks who have now left the nest along with the parent birds - packed their cases and headed for Africa.   What a marvellous project this has turned into and well worth a visit next year when the birds hopefully return.
Headed off again, and having not been on the road for many years we headed south through the moors to St Mary's Loch - which unfortunately was rather misty.
From there we passed the old AA Box and headed up the side of the Meggat Reservoir,  built in 1968, and which on a daily basis supplies enough water to Edinburgh to make 300 million cups of tea and 100 million baths !!!    Headed over the shoulder and down a very steep hill to join the Talla Reservoir  Road, and eventually to Tweedsmuir and the A701  (Edinburgh -Moffat) Road.
Into Broughton where we stopped for coffee, and with the rain clearing had a wee look at the beautiful garden there - a private garden, laid out each year by the family, and again, well worth a stop when passing.