Onion is not a veg!

We picked up Mary Lou's daughter Alison from Edinburgh airport. While we were waiting for her plane to land we grabbed a quick bite to eat. One thing you learn very quickly in the UK...vegetables aren't as common as in North America. When the menu says "with veg" it doesn't usually mean anything colourful like broccoli. When we ask where the vegetables are, invariably the server points at the onion.




Now, I'm not known for my culinary skills, the smoke detector is just as likely to go off as the stove timer when I'm cooking, but onion as a main veg?...I'm just sayin'.....

Anyway, the Ettrick Valley is a beautiful place...the vastness is simply not captured in a photo...













...but sadly the planting of trees is changing the landscape and reducing the grazing, eliminating the Shepherd's livelihood.

The Ettrick Valley is quite (very) remote and there is a roving library truck that comes through every three weeks! Love it!






So after some sightseeing in Edinburgh and around the Ettrick Valley, and some dog work with Bobby, we are off to Tain! The countdown begins!

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