Family visiting = a few days off from blogging. Normal service to resume soon. Meanwhile, this is the view looking west down the Loch of the Lowes in Selkirkshire. This is James Hogg country and the Ettrick Shepherd is the subject of a memorial statue on the hillside above the loch.
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