Friday, June 24

The Day Before the Hike

On Friday, we arrived at Edinburgh airport, in the midst of much wailing and gnashing of teeth in regards to the Brexit vote, which had taken place the previous day and had just reached a final tally: the U.K. is OUT of the EU. After picking up Phil, whose flight came in a little after ours, we headed down to Edington House in Coldingham, just north of the Scottish border, for an excellent lunch of spanish omelette and chips with Gilli and Allan. Later, Bethany and I headed in our little rental Vauxhall Corsa over to the Meadhon House B&B in Jedburgh, our first “home base” for the hike. After a short walk around the center of Jedburgh and a brief visit to the ruins of Jedburgh Abbey, we dined on cheese and onion toastie with chips, and chicken curry, with a side of Strongbow cider and Tennents lager. Then off to bed.

Jedburgh Abbey

Jedburgh Abbey

In Jedburgh, Scotland

Mary Queen of Scots House

Whether Mary actually ever lived in or visited this house, we really don’t know

Jedburgh High Street

Jedburgh High Street

We did NOT stay at this hotel

Relaxing at the Carter’s Rest pub after a long and hard day-and-a-half of travel and jetlag