Oh the fog. I really cant wait for for the next instalment when the lough divides into two (2)😂😁 The scenery is absolutely amazing. I done from Elgin to Stranraer a few years back and it was beautiful also. Thank you for inviting us to tag along. Made my day. Thank you both. Stay safe and enjoy the travels.
Ahhh Peebles my home town, it truly is a wonderful place to live and thr camp site is only 5 mins from the town centre. If you look on line you will see the floods we had a couple of weeks ago completely covered Tweed green and the cars parked along side.
You are so lucky to only be a two hour drive from the Scottish boarder. From the Midlands it's a good four hour drive to Gretna. We love Scotland and when visiting we tend to spend a night in Kendal, a night in Moffat, and then our Scottish tours begin from there xx
I would have liked for that couple to have interviewed people just to here the old Border accent. God knows what Border people do for a living used to be full of Woolen Textile Mills. Of course the Munitions ended after the War. I remember my Mother saying "What a shame it gave the men jobs"!! I recall a Nuclear Submarine Base closing in Plymouth Massashusetts and people protesting about job losses. Such contradictions I feel for the poor Ukraine and this unthinkable horror of War again in Europe. People must say no to War! Ukrainians worked in the Mills in Galashiels when I started Work in 1959 and Poles!
@@BobEarnshawMoHo. It’s a lovely area to visit in better weather. So people don’t get confused there is another Loch of Lowes further north, just of the A9 near Dunkeld. It’s famous for it Ospreys who visit each year and can be viewed on web cam. Also worth a visit.
No children these days. When I grew up the Border towns were alive with Children. A War Baby born 1944! At the Viscount Earl Haig Maternity Hospital Hawick. I suppose he wanted troops to replace the 750,000 his Class Murdered!
That was a nostalgic wee trip! I grew up around Moffat and St Mary's Loch and The Grey Mair's Tail were regular day trips for us. You mentioned the road condition and I don't know if the difference is as stark as it used to be but, as soon as you cross from Dumfriesshire into The Borders, did you notice that the road instantly gets wider, smoother, straighter and a lot less potholey! 😂
It was great to see some of the places I have visited at one time. I’ve been to St Mary’s Loch and the Grey Mares Tail. It was good to see them again with you, Bob and Jenny. It’s a pity you experienced the dreich Scottish winter weather. That’s a lovely part of Scotland, come rain or shine. I hope you enjoy the rest of your stay .
I cycled from Hawick to St Mary's Loch then to Selkirk and back to Hawick must have been 13. Never cycled any distance after that. St Mary's Loch was bombed during the War. Some Jerry Airman getting rid of his bombs I suppose. Oddly my Mother made Incendiary bombs and my Aunt Myra made 0.303 Bullets at St Boswells. German's never bombed the factory who would think Munitions would be made there?! I live in New Zealand these days weather "gey dreich" for the poor New Zealanders in their main holiday Summer. Soon as the sun comes out the children are back to school! Thank the modern age for Electronics and the Internet. I remember 7 weeks of School and it must have rained and misted all that time. Played Monopoly mostly and Whist. Like Cycling never again! Cheers!
Hello Bob and Jenny thank you for this clips. We went to Scotland with our American Motorhome, winibego C class 31 ft. and we found the roads challenging. It is so different now. We have a RS envoy 10 meters and would love to go to Scotland sone day. My husband has made a long list of all the sights which can take our beast. 😂
Love Grey Mare’s Tail. Recently got engaged there 😊. The logging trucks are a little crazy 🙈 along that road. Thanks for sharing a few spots we don’t know about 🤙🏽
I find the best solution is to actually slow to 5 mph or stop as the loggers then take extra care. You have to be sure their trailer wheels do not catch you. If you keep going at 60mph so will they, all bets are off
Grey Mare's Tail looks beautiful even with the low cloud. I wonder if you are near Glencaple? my Dad used to go there in the 60's when we were baby's on hunting holidays, i think he stayed at the Neiff hotel that is still there and open.
Great new video on Scottish Borders. We live about 25 mins from St Mary's Loch. The road from Selkirk to there is NOT a great journey in a motorhome. There is a free motorhome stopover at Megget Reservoir near the Loch. Very bleak about there, little mobile signal. One cannot stay over at St Mary's Loch legally that is.
I recall one very sunny and dry year when the Loch retreated at the Beauty spot and all the junk over the years was exposed. There was no country junk collection in those days and folk locally just dumped it in St Marys Loch. One good thing about encouraging tourism!
We hope to get up there in May. Haven't tried Moffat site, we usually stay at Lidalia near the Kilder Forest, a pretty little Borders village with a river running alongside.
@@BobEarnshawMoHo Actually managed to do the Drive in the Kilder Forest last November in the gale force winds and heavy rain! Thought it would never end!!
Good video , interesting, as usual, Mountain road inFrance, Pyres was im a coach half way up, simgle traffic, we had to back up tp let an old shabby through, dont know how he done it, we all clapped him, l was ready to home , lol
I'm in the Scottish borders in 2 weeks to see my mum in Selkirk I used to live in Hawick, Selkirk and Galashiels in the past now live in Manchester have lived in Manchester nearly 11 years due to meeting my partner I'm originally born in Cambridge we will both be retiring to the Scottish borders love watching your videos seeing all the places I've been to I've been up the grey mares tale years ago absolutely gorgeous place I really do miss living in the borders hope you had a good new year and Xmas glad to see you both looking well the road you were on leads you to the back road towards Selkirk rather than using the A7
@@BobEarnshawMoHo it was absolutely beautiful when I used to live in the borders before I moved to Manchester just waking up and opening the curtains in the morning and all I looked out to was the hills just be careful of the A7 if your coming back that way I always used to find it not the best road to drive on especially this time of year
@@BobEarnshawMoHo Predeath experience thank the Lord Harry for TV. Mind you Auckland is similar but a Climate only Border folk can dream of. No chat though!
Hi all. We love to stay at Moffat. We are going there for my Birthday in May. You used to be able to stay at Saint Mary's Loch overnight in the Van. But not now. Cheers from Jeff. Great video.
@@BobEarnshawMoHo My Uncle loved it and stopped at every wayside bar. If he went over 40MPH my Aunt would sharply say "Billy"!! Mind you everyone pushed when the "Snaw was doon" and your tyres were bald up a hill!
Love the video. "It's either dreich or not dreich"😀 I'm in Brisbane Oz now but from the Borders originally so it was great to see all the familiar places.
@@lislaing3062 I recall my Geography Teacher lamenting depopulation in the Borders. That would be 1958. I recall being puzzled since Hawick was best at Rugby and the Mills were cracking along even importing Irish girls put in a Hostel opposite the "monkey's pub' Rumbustious and quite cocky in those far off days. I adored the Borders and still miss it for a crack ye ken. I was at the Gold coast oh must be 6 years ago and I liked the fruit bats at twighlight aboot the sky. Beautiful Houses had a swim at night in my mate's pool. Were in a Cyclone here in Auckland looks like the Grey Mares tail in Wunter. Keep up the chat for there's none here. Might visit Hawick this year, bur they're aw deed I still have a cousin run the Newsagents' at Burnfit. Thats deed tae! Keep chatting Lis Laing. Cheerio!
great to see you staying in are corntree and supporting are economy and not there's the european's. thank you for promoting are corntree. what more do we need ??
Another great video from you both. We went to Grey Mare's Tail & Loch of the Lowe's a year ago during the summer. It is better in the summer you can see the falls 😅 Take care both. Lisa & Phil
@@BobEarnshawMoHo not sure when you going home . Scotland is really lovely place in summer but there's the midgie 🤣🤣🤣🤣 so we never go up . We tend to go down county
George Galloway maybe a native. Mind you it would be hard to tell where the Borders end and people always forget that there is an equal English Border. Not as noisy maybe, both wear bunnets and complain about the weather!
Love watching your travels and I hate to complain but your background music has changed recently and it’s too loud and too ‘rave’ style 🤣 It’s often that loud we can’t hear you, sorry
@@BobEarnshawMoHo No worries Bob, it just got a bit loud in places. It’s tricky I know to get the balance right when creating videos, I often struggle and often it seems to be louder on playback. Keep up the good work
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Scotland's scenery is lovely even in grotty weather.
Oh the fog. I really cant wait for for the next instalment when the lough divides into two (2)😂😁 The scenery is absolutely amazing. I done from Elgin to Stranraer a few years back and it was beautiful also. Thank you for inviting us to tag along. Made my day. Thank you both. Stay safe and enjoy the travels.
Thanks, come back in 20k years...
@@BobEarnshawMoHo I'll be there too! Waiting with my toffee flavoured pop corn and umbrella!!! ☔ 😁😁😁😏
Hi Bob, Jenny and pups, beautiful scenery even with the fog, Peebles looks a lovely place to visit, then the fog came down x
Good lord, Scotland has got to be the most beautiful country ever, IMO. ❤
Tend to agree with you on that.
Very beautiful scenery, even under those huge clouds
Yes it is, thanks for watching
Ahhh Peebles my home town, it truly is a wonderful place to live and thr camp site is only 5 mins from the town centre. If you look on line you will see the floods we had a couple of weeks ago completely covered Tweed green and the cars parked along side.
Ah yes, someone else commented they had floods there.
Whatever the weather Scotland is a beautiful place, only ever traveled through never stopped. Stay safe and well. x
Wow! Get me back to Scotland Quick! Love it!
We're back in May.
Loved this, thanks! Bob its been yonks since I heard that expression "oh my giddy aunt". My mum always said that!
Think it's something my mum used to say!
You are so lucky to only be a two hour drive from the Scottish boarder. From the Midlands it's a good four hour drive to Gretna. We love Scotland and when visiting we tend to spend a night in Kendal, a night in Moffat, and then our Scottish tours begin from there xx
We used to live in Hertfordshire so it was an epic drive just to get into Scotland!
Peebles looks worth a visit . What a shame about the weather but Scotland still looks great x
I would have liked for that couple to have interviewed people just to here the old Border accent. God knows what Border people do for a living used to be full of Woolen Textile Mills. Of course the Munitions ended after the War. I remember my Mother saying "What a shame it gave the men jobs"!! I recall a Nuclear Submarine Base closing in Plymouth Massashusetts and people protesting about job losses. Such contradictions I feel for the poor Ukraine and this unthinkable horror of War again in Europe. People must say no to War!
Ukrainians worked in the Mills in Galashiels when I started Work in 1959 and Poles!
I had a children’s shop in Peebles in the 80’s many moons ago, when I lived in West Linton just North of Biggar.
Thanks, we'd never been to Peebles before, looked nice.
@@BobEarnshawMoHo. It’s a lovely area to visit in better weather. So people don’t get confused there is another Loch of Lowes further north, just of the A9 near Dunkeld. It’s famous for it Ospreys who visit each year and can be viewed on web cam. Also worth a visit.
No children these days. When I grew up the Border towns were alive with Children. A War Baby born 1944! At the Viscount Earl Haig Maternity Hospital Hawick. I suppose he wanted troops to replace the 750,000 his Class Murdered!
That was a nostalgic wee trip! I grew up around Moffat and St Mary's Loch and The Grey Mair's Tail were regular day trips for us.
You mentioned the road condition and I don't know if the difference is as stark as it used to be but, as soon as you cross from Dumfriesshire into The Borders, did you notice that the road instantly gets wider, smoother, straighter and a lot less potholey! 😂
Yes and that A72 is a great road.
Lovely vlog guy's definitely looks like a area I need to explore thanks for the heads up.
You're welcome
Very close to where we live! We drive to Innerleithen just for the beautiful drive sometimes :)
Sounds great!
It was great to see some of the places I have visited at one time. I’ve been to St Mary’s Loch and the Grey Mares Tail. It was good to see them again with you, Bob and Jenny. It’s a pity you experienced the dreich Scottish winter weather. That’s a lovely part of Scotland, come rain or shine. I hope you enjoy the rest of your stay .
It's what makes it so green. 😁
I cycled from Hawick to St Mary's Loch then to Selkirk and back to Hawick must have been 13. Never cycled any distance after that. St Mary's Loch was bombed during the War. Some Jerry Airman getting rid of his bombs I suppose. Oddly my Mother made Incendiary bombs and my Aunt Myra made 0.303 Bullets at St Boswells.
German's never bombed the factory who would think Munitions would be made there?!
I live in New Zealand these days weather "gey dreich" for the poor New Zealanders in their main holiday Summer. Soon as the sun comes out the children are back to school!
Thank the modern age for Electronics and the Internet. I remember 7 weeks of School and it must have rained and misted all that time. Played Monopoly mostly and Whist. Like
Cycling never again! Cheers!
Hello Bob and Jenny thank you for this clips. We went to Scotland with our American Motorhome, winibego C class 31 ft. and we found the roads challenging. It is so different now. We have a RS envoy 10 meters and would love to go to Scotland sone day. My husband has made a long list of all the sights which can take our beast. 😂
Thank you, let's hope you get there soon.
Love Grey Mare’s Tail. Recently got engaged there 😊. The logging trucks are a little crazy 🙈 along that road. Thanks for sharing a few spots we don’t know about 🤙🏽
Thanks for watching. Great place to get engaged. Hope the weather was better!
@@BobEarnshawMoHo it’s was a down pour on our travel up and to Grey Mares Tail 🙈. It luckily stopped at the right time for me to propose… 😀
Hello from Ohio. I appreciate the music you play. And how quite it is. Lovely videos and very interesting. Hi Tara and Poppy.
Glad you enjoyed it!
If I knew you were going that way I would have said watch for loggers 😂😂😂
That was the only one we saw in that road, in the narrowest part. Typical. 😅
I find the best solution is to actually slow to 5 mph or stop as the loggers then take extra care. You have to be sure their trailer wheels do not catch you. If you keep going at 60mph so will they, all bets are off
Grey Mare's Tail looks beautiful even with the low cloud. I wonder if you are near Glencaple? my Dad used to go there in the 60's when we were baby's on hunting holidays, i think he stayed at the Neiff hotel that is still there and open.
Sorr, not heard of that.
great vlog guys thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great new video on Scottish Borders. We live about 25 mins from St Mary's Loch. The road from Selkirk to there is NOT a great journey in a motorhome. There is a free motorhome stopover at Megget Reservoir near the Loch. Very bleak about there, little mobile signal. One cannot stay over at St Mary's Loch legally that is.
It does seem that you can camp where we parked at Loch of Lowes, but it costs £15 a night.
@@BobEarnshawMoHo overnight stays are not currently permitted in the car park perhaps due to the time of year according to the Ranger.
I recall one very sunny and dry year when the Loch retreated at the Beauty spot and all the junk over the years was exposed. There was no country junk collection in those days and folk locally just dumped it in St Marys Loch. One good thing about encouraging tourism!
We hope to get up there in May. Haven't tried Moffat site, we usually stay at Lidalia near the Kilder Forest, a pretty little Borders village with a river running alongside.
We liked Lidalia too, stayed there a few years back, nice town Newcastleton.
@@BobEarnshawMoHo Actually managed to do the Drive in the Kilder Forest last November in the gale force winds and heavy rain! Thought it would never end!!
@@BobEarnshawMoHo Newcatleton was always called Copshe when I lived in Hawick never did find out why!
Good video , interesting, as usual, Mountain road inFrance, Pyres was im a coach half way up, simgle traffic, we had to back up tp let an old shabby through, dont know how he done it, we all clapped him, l was ready to home , lol
Think I closed my eyes...
Enjoyed the music on this video 😎
That lorry 🚛 was scarey!
Not been to Peebles, looked nice 👌
Em 💜
Glad you enjoyed it
I'm in the Scottish borders in 2 weeks to see my mum in Selkirk I used to live in Hawick, Selkirk and Galashiels in the past now live in Manchester have lived in Manchester nearly 11 years due to meeting my partner I'm originally born in Cambridge we will both be retiring to the Scottish borders love watching your videos seeing all the places I've been to I've been up the grey mares tale years ago absolutely gorgeous place I really do miss living in the borders hope you had a good new year and Xmas glad to see you both looking well the road you were on leads you to the back road towards Selkirk rather than using the A7
A great place to retire to, indeed.
@@BobEarnshawMoHo it was absolutely beautiful when I used to live in the borders before I moved to Manchester just waking up and opening the curtains in the morning and all I looked out to was the hills just be careful of the A7 if your coming back that way I always used to find it not the best road to drive on especially this time of year
We moved here from Cheshire 9 years ago. Never looked back.
@@BobEarnshawMoHo Predeath experience thank the Lord Harry for TV. Mind you Auckland is similar but a Climate only Border folk can dream of. No chat though!
Hi all. We love to stay at Moffat. We are going there for my Birthday in May. You used to be able to stay at Saint Mary's Loch overnight in the Van. But not now. Cheers from Jeff. Great video.
You can stay where we parked at Loch of Lowes, £15 a night according to the note on the notice board.
Thats good. It used to be free, in the car park, opposite the Cafe. Thanx. Jeff.
And the A A man on his motorcycle saluted you as he passed in the opposite direction
Those were the days... 😊
@@BobEarnshawMoHo My Uncle loved it and stopped at every wayside bar. If he went over 40MPH my Aunt would sharply say "Billy"!! Mind you everyone pushed when the "Snaw was doon" and your tyres were bald up a hill!
Love the video. "It's either dreich or not dreich"😀 I'm in Brisbane Oz now but from the Borders originally so it was great to see all the familiar places.
Love these words Lis Laing. Used to be a Laings Knitwear Mill in Hawick. Shame we all had to shift!
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I was from Hawick but no relation to me that I know of Mike. Shame about the demise of the mills in the Borders.
@@lislaing3062 I recall my Geography Teacher
lamenting depopulation in the Borders. That would be 1958. I recall being puzzled since Hawick was best at Rugby and the Mills were cracking along even importing Irish girls put in a Hostel opposite the "monkey's pub' Rumbustious and quite cocky in those far off days.
I adored the Borders and still miss it for a crack ye ken. I was at the Gold coast oh must be 6 years ago and I liked the fruit bats at twighlight aboot the sky. Beautiful Houses had a swim at night in my mate's pool.
Were in a Cyclone here in Auckland looks like the Grey Mares tail in Wunter. Keep up the chat for there's none here. Might visit Hawick this year, bur they're aw deed I still have a cousin run the Newsagents' at Burnfit. Thats deed tae! Keep chatting Lis Laing. Cheerio!
great to see you staying in are corntree and supporting are economy and not there's the european's. thank you for promoting are corntree. what more do we need ??
Another great video from you both. We went to Grey Mare's Tail & Loch of the Lowe's a year ago during the summer. It is better in the summer you can see the falls 😅 Take care both. Lisa & Phil
It's pretty impressive when you can see it!
Brilliant views Bob . Hope the weather gets a bit better for you all 🤞🤞
Probably will once we're at home. 😅
@@BobEarnshawMoHo not sure when you going home . Scotland is really lovely place in summer but there's the midgie 🤣🤣🤣🤣 so we never go up . We tend to go down county
Mind you that climate gave the women beautifull complexions. Young men from the Country always had rosy cheeks!
No chance!
Pebbles? I've been to Peebles it's a lovely town.
Thanks, got that 👍
Well you always had a good turnout at a Funeral especially if you were a Mason! The Climate was ideal for it! Men with big Funeral Umbrella's!
Grey Mares Tail is in Dumfries and Galloway not the Scottish Borders which is a different council.
Yes thanks, I did say we drove into the Scottish Borders after that.
Even my Scottish pals from Glasgow get them mixed up. It's a bit like saying something in Yorkshire is in Lancashire.
George Galloway maybe a native. Mind you it would be hard to tell where the Borders end and people always forget that there is an equal English Border. Not as noisy maybe, both wear bunnets and complain about the weather!
Apologies for spelling ,
No problem, if you tap the three dots, you can always edit the comment. 👍
We went in year 2000 or 2001
Another great video , scenery was lovely, great music choice , looking forward to the next in Scotland 👍
Thank you!
Hmm my grandmas last name was Hogg and she was Scottish interesting
A poet in the family and you didn't know it? 😊
13:50 I will speak to the Local Council and point out that Jenny wants a barrier or "something" so that folk don't think that you "plan" things!! 😁
Thanks, if you could 👍😁
@@BobEarnshawMoHo The music and Scottish scenery was/is awesome. THANK YOU to all three of you! ☺
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Love watching your travels and I hate to complain but your background music has changed recently and it’s too loud and too ‘rave’ style 🤣 It’s often that loud we can’t hear you, sorry
Thanks for the feedback, I do try hard to keep the music at appropriate levels. I just felt the video would be quite uninteresting without music.
@@BobEarnshawMoHo No worries Bob, it just got a bit loud in places. It’s tricky I know to get the balance right when creating videos, I often struggle and often it seems to be louder on playback. Keep up the good work
Wonder who had the idea of putting on and composing awfull background non music?