Me, Rachel Swailes. My blog about stuff I get up to in and around the Western Cape, Cape Town, George, Wilderness, Hermanus and other cool places :)

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Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Took the train up to spend some time with the family in Scotland.

Mom and I decided to take a trip through the Scottish Highlands to see castles and scenery and drink lots of tea!

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

On one of the clearer days (apart from the minor shower) we headed out to Yetholm Mains for a walk in the hills. We did part of St Cuthbert’s Way and a little of the Penine Way but mostly just explored the hills in the sunshine. I landed up going to Scotland to get a [...]

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Well, the photos I landed up look pretty summery, but most were taken while wearing a raincoat! We were quite lucky with the weather for most of the visit, but it still made coming back to London feel like returning to the tropics. The picture above was taken at the main ceremony of the Melrose [...]

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

I took a week off work to join my folks with the family up in Scotland. It was a great idea to go by train – so much less stressful than flying and such beautiful scenery…This is Boris looking out at Newcastle, and below is the view of the sea close to Berwick-on-Tweed.

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

We took advantage of the long Easter weekend by taking a trip to see my family in Scotland. On Saturday afternoon we went to the farm in the Borders. In this photo, Richard is standing in Scotland, and over the river behind him is England. We also caught a glimpse of some deer in the [...]