{"id":1855,"date":"2016-04-28T18:05:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T17:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2016-10-17T12:58:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T11:58:49","slug":"family-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrislamb.com\/?p=1855","title":{"rendered":"Family time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a lovely couple of days with Mum in the Scottish borders. She is having a short, well-earned break at a cottage we have visited a number of times over the past 35 years.<\/p>\n<p>The weather was lovely and the lambs were jumping around full of energy. The real, baba lambs. Us &#8220;human&#8221; Lambs were all knackered!<\/p>\n<p>I had a long and quite tiring walk on Sunday but it was a real pleasure. Especially when I came back to good food and wine. Thanks mum!! xx<\/p>\n<p>The cottage is on the estate of the Polwarth family &#8211; I took a snap of their beautiful home as I went past one day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1854\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1854\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/harden_srping2016.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/harden_srping2016.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Harden, Spring 2016\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/harden_srping2016.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/harden_srping2016.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/harden_srping2016.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/harden_srping2016.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harden, Ancestral and actual home of the Polwarth family who own the cottage. Spring 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coming back from the walk I took this snap over the valley. The cottage is in the distance marked with a red dot above it on the horizon. A beautiful location.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1859\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1859\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_view_spring_2016_marked.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_view_spring_2016_marked.jpg?resize=600%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mabonlaw Cottage from Hardchesters\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_view_spring_2016_marked.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_view_spring_2016_marked.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_view_spring_2016_marked.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_view_spring_2016_marked.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1859\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View toward Mabonlaw Cottage, Spring 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And a snap of the cottage from the foot of it&#8217;s hill, just as I arrived back.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1863\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_from_field_spring2016.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_from_field_spring2016.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Looking towards Mabonlaw cottage, Spring 2016\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_from_field_spring2016.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_from_field_spring2016.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_from_field_spring2016.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_from_field_spring2016.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.chrislamb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/cottage_from_field_spring2016.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking towards Mabonlaw cottage, Spring 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent a lovely couple of days with Mum in the Scottish borders. 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