Peebles, Scotland is a great little town where we stayed on Sally & Roy's farm for a few days. One day we went into town and participated in the annual community event, Tweed Valley's Forest Festival (Scotland is really into preserving their forests, especially now that Donald Trump has weaseled his way in to build more golf courses). So we learned how to carve Dutch chairs, the boys flew around on their hand made broom sticks, watched an artist widdle an impressive bunny rabbit from a tree trunk with just a chainsaw and a blow torch, and ambled through the wood market to admire wooden products for sale. It was Tree-mendous.
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| Jasper asked for a chainsaw for his birthday because of this man |
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| Witches broom making station |
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| Claire was the first to volunteer to carve chair legs |
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| Then she volunteered me to go next! Alex is behind me getting a lesson on how to refine the chair's legs, making them smooth |
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| It was very satisfying :) |
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| The man was very enthusiastic to have Alex help out, and seemed to want to keep him there all day |
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| Meanwhile, a man makes the boys 4 broom sticks |
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| The man gave Alex a special hat |
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| Ben to Jasper: "I'm Harry Potter & you're Ron Weasely." |
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| We went for a horse ride through the hills! |
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| Yeeha! |
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| View from Sally and Roy's room upstairs |
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