5 July 2025 Stirling

Caught the bus into Stirling again free to get in as the ticket machine broken but cost me £3.95  for the 10 mins journey back Ugh again.

Statue day again these 3 are 50 yards apart and I remember when the Rob Roy statue had its sword.

Back to the site for the Bike and a cycle to Bridge of Allen spotted Fountain street so lets see what’s down there.

Lovely old buildings WOW

Yarn bombing double WOW

and yes a fountain

The rest of the day heavy showers so ? nothing what a waste .

4 July 2025 Stirling

Bus into Sterling first thing and just as I said bus fares cheaper than England £4.90 return ? but an interesting sight in the bus shelter a Bees nest a local was telling me they had told the council but ??? nothing happening.

Coffee in the Thistle shopping center with the worlds steepest escalator.

Lovely flower displays in town near the railway station and super bicycle parking.

Hire a car for your child in the shopping center  but their are places to avoid.

Into Stirling on a wet day.

Just like Edinburgh campsite the campers here are a bit ugh what a state the human race is in at the moment maybe they should rent caves out ? Last year there was some terrible behavior on site.

This campsite is one of my favorites and has revamped its facilities are they are FAB.

Washing day as its raining and a FAST walk up to The coffee Bothy for afternoon coffee n cake.

3 July 2025 Stirling

Up into Edinburgh this morning for a final walkabout love the statues and snickets.

Not every part is clean and fab you can still find some ugh!

And some funny art work.

Good drive up to Stirling lovely to see everybody here (The owners)

They have revamped the facilities here FAB 10/10 really lovely one of the best.

 

2 July 2025 Edinburgh

Have time to right a big blog today as Rain Rain Rain. Caught the bus into Edinburgh this morning cheaper than England £2.20 per trip. Still very busy in town and difficult getting around with an Umbrella. Had a coffee and look around found a new place then back to the site Please stop raining. XX

This site in Edinburgh is a place to come if you have a need to see all the weird things campers do in a short time. Auto Book in strange un readable message came up on entry booked onto pitch with text then a warden appeared 10 mins. Later and told me someone was already on this pitch ugh NO I am on it. ?

Yes the below is a friend XX

It is full of new campers in hired vans I am surrounded by Indi campers, Roadsurfer,  Bunk campers, McRent and Just Go campervans and lots of foreigner’s visiting the lovely city of Edinburgh. This campsite is one of the only Caravan club to not display toilet cleaning times and only has 8 showers for 142 pitches Ugh! Last time I was here someone had a Poo outside the toilet door (must have forgot the entry code) ? The site is also covered into cameras as crime on the site is ripe bike lockers provided to help stop bike theft and last year saw the wardens chase and catch a suspected thief on site. Great stop have booked the site again this year but after writing this may have second thoughts ####

Still love the life I live

XX

1 July 2025 Edinburgh

Bus up to Edinburgh this morning 0900 spotted this outside the campsite on my way out.

The Royal Mile last year when I was here the lower section was closed?

Modern graffiti below.

Found where all those Highland cows come from you see in the windows of Motorhomes.

In the afternoon a 17 mile cycle up to Queensferry out through The Dalmeny estate on cycle route 76  very bumpy and off road had to carry the bike up 80 steps and back down 80 steps WOW back on cycle route 1

The Forth Bridges (no relative)

Queensferry very busy Cruise ship in.

30 June 2025 Edinburgh

Yesterday cycle up past Cramond Island and alongside the river almond.

This fish still looks un happy probably because its been alone on the beach since April 2009 ?

The causeway across to Cramond Island.

The below is an old nail manufacturing factory on the side of the Almond river Cramond.

These are new since last year but are appearing all over at the moment.

The Forth Rail Bridge from Leith may cycle up there tomorrow.

Cycle up into Edinburgh this morning had a good look around cycled in through The Haymarket and along Princes Street

Passed the offices of The Postcode Lottery Again

On the way back spotted some lovely graffiti.

Stopped to chat to a local about this looks like they want to build another tram line.

On the way back from my afternoon cycle to Leith spotted this family heading for the beach

28 June 2025 Berwick

Usual coffee and cycle around in town spotted something odd in the harbor.

29 June 2025 Edinburgh

Coffee in Berwick before leaving for Edinburgh a good drive up. Got the bike out and had a 2 hr cycle around they have finished the gas tank structure you can get an idea of the size by the bike picture.

At last some more graffiti

No they are not friends of mine?

Wow this tree looks like a Heron.

Again you don’t need air tracker here you can wave to the passengers.

27 June 2025 Berwick

Had a walk into town spotted this Air B&B it used to be a Ladies toilet until 1950 then an ice cream shop Ugh! now you can sleep in it.

On my way across the old bridge stopped to watch them fishing for sea trout and Salmon using nets as you can not sell rod caught fish.

On my afternoon cycle spotted another Banksy style art work very like the one at Seahouses ?

26 June 2025 Berwick

Walk into town first thing then cycle about looking for new things that I have not seen before.

The former Good Templar Hall in Berwick-upon-Tweed is located on Coxon’s Lane. It was built in 1874 as a temperance hall for the Independent Order of Good Templars. Today, only the front elevation of the building remains. The site of the hall is now a car park

Urban Sanitary Authority Building, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland DSC_4788

In 1835, Berwick was told that its prison in the Town Hall was unsuitable and needed to be replaced. It took sometime to find a site, agree on plans and raise the money to do this. However, this project finally came to fruition with the opening of this building in Wallace Green in 1849 as a Prison. It’s history as a prison was relatively short lived as it closed in 1878. However, having cost so much to build, a new use had to be found for it. Initially it was used as a Court house and by Berwick’s Police Force, but then in the early 1890s it was purchased by Berwick’s

Urban Sanitary Authority, it was converted to office

accommodation and stables were built on the back of the site. A plaque above the main door commemorates the completion of this work in 1892. From then until 2009, the building was used a Council administrative buildings, being eventually sold after 2015 to a local developer, who has converted it to four properties, retaining many of its original features, including some of the prison cells on the top floor.

Came across these lovely flowers on my look around FAB. (click image for BIG)

Interesting look at the size of the tennis balls in the left bottom window

All the swans where arriving in the harbor.

Whilst walking into town I noticed a No parking cone in an unusual place ?

25 June 2025 Berwick

Cycle down to Beadnell again for Malteser cake again n coffee I can see why I never made it to Bamburugh when you see the size of the cake. Unfortunately they tried to over charge me by 25p today NO CHANCE!

Drove up to Berwick today stopped for some shopping arriving at 1300.

Lunch then a cycle into town and some shopping at M&S after tea had another cycle down to Scemerston on the Coastal Path off road.

Got held up at the crossing by 2 trains WOW they go fast here 9 carriages 5 seconds.

 

Back past POT-A -DOODLE DO a FAB cycle loved it. XX