Edinburgh to Cumbria

We had a great day yesterday and thought we'd pop out for more photos this morning after an early breakfast...but looking out of the windows from the lovely breakfast room...there was already snow on the car albeit melting and only a light sprinkle.  It was only 2 degrees...brrrhhhh.
So we decided that we'll come back another time and just get moving.
On the road again and Paul's misgivings of seeing a truck scooting around the streets with grit last night were totally founded, as car after car coming towards us were covered in snow.  By the time we had been on the road for about fifteen minutes...we were deep in it ourselves as you can see from the photos.
How magical.  I was as happy as a piggy in muck...well as it happens a 'bat in snow'.  The Badger just shakes his head at me and my delight.
We were saying how we did feel sorry for those little Scottish barh- lambs though.  It amused me to see a poor shaggy sheep mother laying in the snow and her little lamb was curled up asleep on her back. 
The Badger then asks me if I can tell the difference between English and Scottish sheep?..I am expecting him to impart an interesting snippet of knowledge from his vast storehouse of info that is his brain.  What I get is...'Scottish lambs say "barh-barh-tha-noo"  ...oh dear Badger (I shake head and roll eyes) Apparently Australian lambs say " barrhh-barrhh-Q" ...hummm.....
We hit Gretna Green by lunchtime and stopped for lunch.   We tried to park and have a photo taken by the Blacksmiths...but around the back there must have been 20 plus huge coaches parked and more arriving in a constant stream....surely all these people haven't come to be wed?...the average age is mmm?...60 odd???
No idea where to park a 'car'  though, so not fancying a long walk in the cold...I satisfied us with a photo from the car window.
On on after some nourishment and ....after getting lost and trying to unload our luggage at at least 2 'wrong' houses...we finally found our bed for the night. Thank goodness for mobile phones....this place was not to be found via Carmen the Garmen (GPS), it's pretty obscure.
This gorgeous little cottage with little wood fire...is comfy and cosy and in a cute little village in the middle of farming district...surrounded by sheep.  barhhhhh
Well done again Badger...ten out of ten again for your accommodation, like last night.
We may not have the opulent room, silver cutlery, bone China and waiters....but we have 'cute' and tranquility...oh yeah...and it's just started to snow......yipeeeeeee....