Have had 3 lovely days here in Moffat, recharging batteries and collecting myself. Yesterday I walked up the hills above town through an old and beautiful beech grove, around Gallows Hill where presumably there was a hanging tree in ancient times. I stopped to watch a farmer across the valley as he and his dogs herded a flock of sheep out of the barnyard, up through one grazing and into the next. He was on a 4-wheeler ("quad" as they call it here) and his 2 border collies were amazing to watch, as they rounded up stray sheep and kept the flock moving at a good pace. The whole thing took about 15 minutes. When they got the gate shut into the top field, the dogs jumped up on the 4 wheeler and they all headed back down the hill. Incredible dogs.
I have also visited a Tibetan Buddhist monastery nearby. Very unpresuming but peaceful and healing. On the way there I stopped at a wildlife sanctuary and saw, way high up on the mountain, a small (about 7) herd of wild goats. They had beards and were white and blotched with black or brown.
My Internet time comes to a close once again. I'll be in Carluke for the next 3 nights finishing family history research.
xxoo A.
I have also visited a Tibetan Buddhist monastery nearby. Very unpresuming but peaceful and healing. On the way there I stopped at a wildlife sanctuary and saw, way high up on the mountain, a small (about 7) herd of wild goats. They had beards and were white and blotched with black or brown.
My Internet time comes to a close once again. I'll be in Carluke for the next 3 nights finishing family history research.
xxoo A.
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