Twins

In Glen Sax which is just outside Peebles (20 miles south of Edinburgh) in the Borders, but feels 100 miles away, and probably has fewer walkers than up north. T and I did the kind of walk that we both enjoy which involves stopping frequently to look at things, and if there's a signal, to find out what the things are. It was an ideal day for walking, sunny nearly all the time but with a cooling breeze. We didn't get to the top of the glen, but I've only got there a few times and it didn't bother us at all. One of the main purposes of the expedition was to see lambs and we were't disappointed. There were three fields of lambs and also the hill sheep mostly had lambs too. 

We heard two cuckoos, saw a lapwing - the first in years for me - also quite a number of other birds including buzzards, jackdaws, house martins, rooks, a black pheasant, a mistle thrush and wood pigeons. There were flowers such as speedwell, greater stitchwort, a kind of vetch, tormantil, buttercups, red campion, lady's bedstraw and bluebells.

There's an extra of a young foal who was very sweet.