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| It is 3 weeks since I last blogged as we have had wet Wednesdays on our last 2 walks and it was just not worth taking photographs. It was very wet this morning so we cancelled our Canonbie walk and headed down to inspect the Landslip on the B3618 which is the longest B road in Britain. It stretches from The Skippers Bridge to Heddon on the Wall near Newcastle. The landslip is a mile from the Skippers Bridge and the landslip happened exactly 3 years ago today when storm Desmond hit the country. |
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| The D & G Council have at last sorted a contractor to repair the road at a cost in excess of £1.5 Million. My own opinion is that the road has been closed for 3 years and only a few people have been slightly inconvenienced by it so that money could have been used for much more worthy projects in the area. The only reason it is being repaired is because the road will act as an emergency road if the A7 is ever closed, and I suppose that is a good enough reason. |
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| Trees are being felled and at last work is commencing. |
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| It is the last road in the country affected by Storm Desmond to be still closed. |
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| On our way home we passed by our friend Bruce's old home which has been up for sale and hopefully is now sold. Bruce still owns the adjoining land and decided to build a shed on it to store some effects from the house. He might eventually build on his land but at the speed he takes to make decisions I wouldn't bank on it. We finished our 5.5 mile walk with a nice lunch at Whitshiels Cafe where we are always made very welcome. |
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