Amelia's photos

As one gets older then the first thing to do when visiting an area is to find a coffee shop with a loo.

Jedburgh Abbey, a ruined Augustinian abbey which was founded in the 12th century, is situated in the town of Jedburgh, in the Scottish Borders. The foundation appeared to have the status of 'priory' in the early years and a man by the name of Daniel was described as the Prior of Geddwrda in 1139. The church was later raised to the status of monastery before becoming, in the years prior to King David's death in 1153, a fully fledged abbey dedicated to the Virgin Mary, probably in 1147.

Jedburgh Abbey, a ruined Augustinian abbey which was founded in the 12th century, is situated in the town of Jedburgh, in the Scottish Borders. The foundation appeared to have the status of 'priory' in the early years and a man by the name of Daniel was described as the Prior of Geddwrda in 1139. The church was later raised to the status of monastery before becoming, in the years prior to King David's death in 1153, a fully fledged abbey dedicated to the Virgin Mary, probably in 1147.

Today's challenge is: IMPERFECT Here are some almost ripe crab apples with blemishes on the skin.

Saturday Self Challenge: For this challenge, use any kind of bottle/bottles in a creative way as the subject for your composition. The main photo was cropped and inverted using Photoshop. The first PiP shows the original photo. The second PiP shows a more tasteful presentation finished using SlverEfex and given a border using Pic Monkey.

The stairs lead up to the Lauder Town Hall which used to be the toll house. While the Town Hall dominates the southern end of the Market Place, its eastern side is most notable for the three storey Black Bull Hotel part of which is seen in the photo. We had a superb cup of coffee and home made ginger cake in a small delicatessen just out of shot to the right.

This heron wasn't the only one looking out for a tasty morsel. There was a fly fisherman up to his thighs in the river.

It doesn't always rain in Scotland! Dryburgh Abbey dates back to 1150. Hugh de Moreville was the main landowner in the area. His family had come across from Normandy with William the Conqueror 84 years earlier, and he himself had befriended King David I of Scotland. Dryburgh's location in the Scottish borders meant that it inevitably became caught up in the wars between England and Scotland. It is said that in 1322 Edward II's army, retreating south to England, took exception to the sound of the bells of Dryburgh Abbey being rung to celebrate their defeat. They burned it down. What emerged from a rebuilding process that probably took another 100 years was even bigger and better than before, despite further destruction by another English army in 1385. But the completed abbey of the 1400s would only see a further century of active use. The end effectively came on 4 November 1544 when some 700 English troops mounted a raid across the border, destroying both Dryburgh Abbey and the nearby town of Dryburgh. Courtesy of www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/stboswells/dryburghabbey/index.html The first Pip shows the inscription on the plinth of the cross. The second PiP shows the simple stone tablet in the style of the standard headstones of the Imperial War Graves Commission of Earl Haig. The Haig Fund is a charity set up in 1921 by Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig to assist ex-servicemen. The Haig Fund continues to support veterans from all conflicts and other military actions involving British Armed Forces up to the present day. Its members sell remembrance poppies in the weeks before Remembrance Day/Armistice Day.

This week Saturday Sels Challenge: let's concentrate on: "Harmony'' The waves were moving bits of seaweed around with each ebb and flow. This was an 'O' to begin with, but by the time I got the camera ready it had changed into an 'R'. Nina and Frederik - Listen to the Ocean

On the Horizon from left to right one can see The Isle of May, which is approximately 8 km off the coast of mainland Scotland. It is 1.8 kilometres long and less than half a kilometre wide. The island is owned and managed by Scottish Natural Heritage as a national nature reserve. The Bass Rock is just right of centre and is a volcanic crag in the Firth of Forth that towers 106 metres above sea level. It is home to a large colony of gannets. To the right is the North Berwick Law, a volcanic plug. The summit bears remnants of an Iron Age hill fort, and the ruins of later military buildings that were once used by lookouts in both the Napoleonic Wars, and in World War II. Since 1709 the law has been topped with a whale's jawbone. Courtesy of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Berwick_Law

Away for the next week. Enjoy the weekend folks.

The bridge in the foreground is the Royal Border Bridge and spans the River Tweed between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Tweedmouth in Northumberland. Courtesy of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Border_Bridge