Bridge Over the Border

Aidan and myself took a wee spin the other day. This was Aidan's first proper spin since he came off last year. I had planned to head down the borders via the Granites and St Mary's Loch but the roads there were pretty greasy, so I suggested heading down through Duns. I wanted to see the Union Chain Bridge that crosses the river Tweed that makes up the border between Scotland and England.
We headed along the mostly dry roads until we got to Greenlaw where Aidan announced that he was "fucking freezing" and he wanted to go to a cafe for a cup of tea. I told him not to worry and that we'd be stopping soon. a while later we were at Paxton, still looking for a cafe. Aidan wasn't best pleased with this so a wee bit of a grumble was had and we headed to Berwick over the border in England. A cafe was found and Aidan warmed up. He only had a T shirt on under his bike gear! Whit a laddie!

Only a t shirt....

Aidan had to get back up the road so he battered back up the A1 while I went looking for the Chain Bridge. Turned out it was just beside Paxton where we'd been about an hour before.

After getting a few photographs on the bridge, I headed home via Duns and over the Lammermuirs where it was really foggy, so no nice views but an enjoyable spin all the same.

Mike.