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It was a lovely day so we headed down to Peebles for a walk along the river.

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I had fun taking close up photos of the wildlife with my super macro lens.

We stopped off at Cocoa Black for coffee and cake.

I had a chocolate pecan tart which was delicious and topped with gold hazelnuts.

On the drive home, we stopped off at Barony Castle to hunt out the Great Polish Map of Scotland.

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The signs for the map took us from the carpark, around the back of the hotel and across a pretty bridge into the woods.

The Great Polish Map of Scotland is a gigantic scale model of Scotland that was built in the 1970's by a Polish war veteran and is said to be "the world's largest terrain relief model".

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In the evening, Tom took me our for Valentine's Day, starting with cocktails at Bryant & Mack Private Detectives.

I started off with an orange & fennel gimlet while Tom had a Brooklyn.

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We then got a little more adventurous and I ordered a Toasted Daiquiri with toasted coconut and burnt pineapple, while Tom had a Black Tea Fleming.

Tom had made secret reservations and surprised me with dinner at the Forth Floor Restaurant in Harvey Nichols.

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The view was gorgeous and we were shown to a table next to the window and poured glasses of champagne.

We were then served canapés of smoked salmon and cheese on crostino topped with roe.

There was a special Valentine's Day menu so to start, I had the tarte Tatin with shallots, fig and goats cheese.

Tom had roasted scallops served in a seashell topped with puff pastry. It looked so pretty on the plate.

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There was then a cheese round to share with Baked Aiket, Scotland's version of a Camembert, topped with maple roast pecans, pear and mustard chutney.

For our main course, we both chose the wild mushroom tagliatelle which was topped with a frothy green foam made from tarragon. It may have looked like something from Ghostbusters but tasted amazing.

For dessert, we were presented with a gorgeous plate to share with a heart shaped white chocolate mousse, two passion fruit brownie cheesecakes and passion fruit sorbet.