This wee cafe is a little gem, tucked away in a side street near the river. http://www.damascusdrum.co.uk. I visited it last week with my daughter and was relieved to find it and the loo wheelchair friendly. The owners, Frances and Christopher Ryan, met us there, along with other friends connected to the Chisholme Institute. We … Continue reading
http://www.chisholme.org Next stop that afternoon was my beloved walled garden, which is described in WWOOFing North and South. David insisted on pushing me along the somewhat long grassy paths and we squeezed our way through the once beautifully cut beech hedge, which separates the garden into two halves. Mark, the current volunteer manager, is battling … Continue reading
Last Wednesday I returned to Chisholme Institute, or the Beshara School, for a much overdue and too brief visit. (www.chisholme.org) The school is situated high in the hills of the Scottish Borders, near the hamlet of Roberton, just south of Hawick. I was last there in August 2013 for their wonderful Rumi Festival and hadn’t … Continue reading
A Traveller's Tales 