Dear Cousins: I had a wonderful time in the border area of Scotland getting in touch with my "Reiver" side. I truly enjoyed getting to know the other Beaty's/Baty's/Beattie's along on our trip. We all got on very well. For me the most interesting bit of information I gained from this trip was what we learned from Mr. Miller, the current occupant of Wat Carrick. Wat Carrick is a house in the Eskdalemuir valley. It is just south of the oldest cemetery which is within the foundation of what archeologist have determined to be a Saxon church. Wat Carrick had been inhabited by Beattie's for 700 years up until the 1920's. The owner, Mr. Miller also told us of a tunnel from his house to the old Saxon church which has not been dug up as of yet. Bet we could find some very interesting information about our Beattie's from that tunnel. Probably some Reiving plunder as well. I would be interested in finding Saxon church information. It rained everytime we went to this area. The two stone circles are just across the river from the church/cemetery. Further south along the river is and ancient amphitheater inwhich a religious artifact was found in the center, giving the impression that it was used for religious purposes. Also a traditional handfasting area at the junction of the White Esk and Black Esk rivers was brought to our attention. Seem that at one time this was a busy valley. Now it is very quiet and very wet. At the bottom of the valley is the town of Langholm which on the day we visited was very friendly and open to us. We turned out to be the largest group of visitors their Historical Archive office had ever seen. In general the people of Scotland were very nice and out going to us. I think that was because they could see we had a genuine desire to know more about them and the history of the area which they love to share. I will get working on posting the pictures as soon as I can. Carol Beattie Selbiger L-438