Easter Hols Part 1 - Peebles, non cycling stuff

We have just returned from an 8 day break in a rather damp, windy & snowy Peebles. We left last Saturday in the pouring rain with the A68 nearly flooded in several places. Once we reached Selkirk it had dried up a little. We always stock up on meat & pies etc from the butchers before heading off to Peebles. We had packed the bikes and was hoping to get plenty of riding in but looking at the five day forecast is was going to be wet every day. Well the met office / bbc were nearly right apart from Thursday. At the start of the week it was gale force winds for four days, snow/blizzards for two days and four days of near continuous rain. Due to the inclement weather there was not many miles done on the bikes but more on that in Part 2 and 3 to follow. We had a day out at Edinburgh in the lashing rain with gale force wind and blizzards on the way home. Swimming at the pool in Peebles several times which is fantastic vale for money, Eastgate cinema to watch a movie, day out at a out of town retail park in the pouring rain but no wind! on the whole it never got above 6 degrees but was more like just above freezing the whole time we were there. Still had a great time and will be returning in the summer for some hopefully dry/dusty trails. Below are some photos -

a rather damp and windy A68 road trip

no way was I stopping at the border

and into bonnie Scotland

Selkirk for the butchers

play by the swollen river en route to Peebles

and arrived at Peebles, this was about the only time it was sunny

local swimming pool

eastgate cinema

called in past Peebles butchers for a top up after blizzards on Tuesday

Barbie in the rain, freezing cold failed

walk up the river / around the town in the rain

chippy for Haggis Super one night

Indoor and dry pool ! think we spent well over £30 over the week

only frost followed by sun on Thursday

even the water bottles were frozen on the bikes

found some dream car garages

café at Inners

washed down with some snacks lol