The bike has kicked off it's front wheel, loosened it's brakes and is having well deserved lie down in the back of my car.
Meanwhile, I had a day getting my moneys worth from my membership of the National Trust for Scotland and went to Melrose where there a couple of lovely small gardens to see one of which specialises in growing plants suitable for drying and has 70 apple trees.
The other garden had been taken over by marquees for the Borders Book Festival which is being attended by many famous writers including Hilary Mantell, Joanna Lumley and Neil Oliver but I didn't see anyone famous.
Melrose is a very genteel town with smart houses and shops and teashops selling open sandwiches for £9 each! I found soup and roll for £3 then went for a walk by the river and through the town, very nice.
On to Innerleithen and Robert Smails printing works which is being run by the National Trust for Scotland as a working printers using traditional methods of compiling type and old style printing presses, I even got to Set some type and print my own bookmark, well worth a visit.
Good night.
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