Northumbria and the Scottish Borders - we were literally on the border!
July 27th 2015 From Newcastle we headed up to our base for the next 5 nights at Kirk Yetholm. Didn't actually realise till we got there that it was in Scotland, just across the border in fact by about a mile or two. Aha, that's what they mean by the Scottish Border country! Loved the area, so quiet and rural, and again, very few tourists and stuff that goes with it. We also noticed how friendly the people up Nor
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