Costa Tweed

I was up bright and early - well, early - to whizz around restoring the house to the standard I suppose estate agents expect, for a third and last valuation. Hopefully this will enable us to make up our minds who to entrust with getting us onto the market. I'm not really looking forward to it, but needs must ...

After she had been we drove over to Kelso to buy some plants to replace the ones that have succumbed to the heat.  As the sun is still shining every day, I wonder if these will go the same way when we are away next week.

These guys are a familiar sight in the Square. They play gentle and melodic tunes on the guitar and what I think is a dulcimer - and a variety of other instruments. It make this douce wee town feel quite French ...