40. Kelso Day 1


This morning we caught a taxi from our B&B to the Belfast City Airport for our domestic flight to Edinburgh, Scotland. Our driver’s name was Norman which immediately gave the 2 fellas a link with one another. After all, Norman is not a very common name. They chatted all the way to the Airport about all sorts of things and it was almost sad when we reached our destination.

The flight across the Irish Sea was uneventful, which is the way we all like our flights to be.


Once landed, we decided to have a bite to eat at the Airport coz once we secured our next hire car, it would be difficult to find a place to stop and eat.


Well!!! We ordered a Ford Focus but finished with an upgrade to a Mercedes A180 (see photo).


We immediately drove south to near Kelso, in The Borders, where we are staying for 3 nights. 


We arrived at our B&B around 2.45pm and were welcomed by our Mine Host, Gordon; who is a friend of my cousin Jacki. He showed us around and then invited us to join him for a cuppa and cake, which was most kind of him.


The village in which we are staying doesn’t have any food outlets and the nearest place for dinner is Kelso (where my cousin lives). We ate at one of the pubs and we both ordered the Cullen Skink. It was tasty and delicious.


Anyway, we heard from someone in our travels that some of the members of the Kelso folk club were having a bit of a session tonight so we dropped in for a while - they are putting on a concert tomorrow night, to which we had already been invited.

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