The Old Grocery ...

Alison of Dunfermline House said that one of us had to go round the corner - 

There'd been a double booking - 

So I ended up in a high ceilinged attic room in The Old Grocery - 

From my window I could see the rooftops of Melrose and the Eildon Hills - 

Malcolm uncorked a bottle of red - 

We sat on a small balcony, above the sun drenched wynd - 

My father was a coach maker Malcolm said - he could shape wood in any shape he wanted - 

Malcolm's wife poured me a brimming bumper in a heavy glass - 

I said how much I admired the house - 

When I bought it Malcolm said no one had lived in it for three years - 

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Wednesday 1 July 2015

The Old Grocery

Melrose