Three or four blogs back I mentioned that we had got round to booking our annual holidays, and the observant amongst you will have noticed that we are going to the same places for about the tenth time! (I think it's the boring old f--t syndrome rearing it's ugly head again!)
We spend a week on the Isle of Arran in a studio flat on the shores of Lamlash, then cross over the borders region and spend a further week a couple of miles north of Bamburgh.
The couple we first stayed with when we visited Arran were one the the island GP's and his wife, and we have always kept in touch with them since we first stayed with them. A few years ago after Robin retired they moved into a lovely bungalow on the Shore Road in Lamlash, and as our studio flat is just past where they live we have always called to see them when we have been on Arran.
Last year they told us that they had decided to sell up and move to the mainland, and we really felt that it was the end of an era. They have moved into a retirement village at Auchlochan, not far from Lesmahagow near junction 10 of the M74.
I had seen that they had successfully sold their bungalow on Arran (having visited the estate agents web site) and knew where they had moved to, but it was a lovely surprise to get an email from them a couple of days ago, telling us all the news of their move, and how they have settled in at Auchlochan. I replied to their email, telling them of all the disasters that had befallen Dot etc. and got an e mail back from them saying that now they are on the mainland and don't have to worry about ferries running they can set off anytime anywhere. They even hinted that they may come down to Masham (I had told them about our annual trips to the King's Head) and call in to see us! We have an invite to visit them if we are in the area of Auchlochan.
So who knows, they may be visiting us before we depart for Arran's shores!
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