Rudie's Dog Blog

Hi and welcome to my latest Dogblog.

Do you remember last time I mentioned a holiday that I was going on? Well it happened - thanks to mum and somebody who compiles the football fixtures. Back in June last year when they were released she noticed that Ipswich were playing away at Newcastle one weekend and then Everton (which is in Liverpool) the following weekend, both up north (but not that close to each other).

'We could go away for a couple of weeks and take the boys' (me and Luther, not Sam & Max lol). 'You could go to both the games'. Sold to the man with the ITFC season ticket (dad)! Everyone's a winner, (apart from Ipswich, who lost at Newcastle and then drew at Everton).

After an early start we stopped at Durham for breakfast. I hadn't felt too good leading up to the holiday but I didn't make a fuss about it, although I did throw up in the car park

Christ we're nearly in Scotland - did they miss the turn off for Newcastle?

Turns out we were staying in a little village near Berwick-Upon-Tweed called Norham

But first we had our first swim of the holiday

Our gaff for the week

Checking out the local area

F**k me that's Scotland over there, let's hope we can go there

The bank down to the Tweed was quite steep but it didn't stop me going down for a dip

Only problem was I couldn't get back up, I'm not as strong as I used to be so dad had to do a Rolf Harris Pet Rescue!

Lol - imagine if he had of slipped in the river

That's The Ladykirk and Norham Bridge behind us, one of only three bridges along the Tweed that cross the border between England and Scotland. It connects Norham in Northumberland with Ladykirk in the Scottish Borders

Phew no customs or passport control!

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Here's a nice picture of me

And Luth

Back in Blighty

Off we go again

Having a rest by a fisherman's hut

There's the Union Bridge behind us which crosses the Tweed between Horncliffe, Northumberland and Fishwick in the Scottish Borders

It was the longest wrought iron suspension bridge in the world when it opened in 1820

Into Scotland

Another cross border accomplished

Down by the river

We went on The Lowry Trail a long walk around Berwick, Tweed and Spittal to locations where he painted and sketched various scenes

He used to go there on holiday he also painted Matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs!

We also found time for a swim

And a play

At last we're done - we walked and swam over seven miles

Another exciting day coming up

A day out in Edinburgh

By train

Walking up to Arthur's Seat

Bloody hard work walking up there at my age but helluva views when we made the summit

Edinburgh Castle

We needed ice cream after all of that activity - Who knew Scotland could be so hot

Back in Norham

Back in Scotland!

Mum getting in on the selfie mode

Our last sortie into Scotland was on Friday morning on the way to Port Sunlight

We had to cross the third border bridge over the Tweed, The Coldstream Bridge which links Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland and Coldstream, Scottish Borders

We arrived in Port Sunlight in the afternoon and then after unpacking (we didn't) had a short drive along the Wirral to Wallasey. You can see Everton's new football ground on the opposite side of the Mersey

They had a beer in The Ferry afterwards, we had a bowl of water. The pub was used in the BBC drama series This City Is Ours. It's about gangsters in Liverpool