Newton St. Boswells Walk

Jane's husband David was at work and when he got home we would be going to Burts Hotel in Melrose for dinner. So I thought I would go for another walk, taking in more of St. Cuthbert's Way, to Newtown St. Boswells and back.

This was my route.

Not one in any of the books, but I thought I'd explore another little stretch of the St. Cuthbert's Walk.

From the centre of the village the reoute headed down towards the kirk.

Hmm. a little less broad than other sections we had travelled, but, despite being in shorts, I avoided getting nettled.

The route went alongside a little stream.

I've come across another of these signs recently, but where was it?

This is what the free range children and animals were up to.

Nice views, of course, of the ever present Eildon Hills.

 And crops looking ready to harvest.

 And soon I was back in Bowden at the fountain for the third time today!

See more of my pictures here on Flickr and more details of my route here on MapMyWalk.

Eildon Hills Walk

Being in the Melrose area for the day, this was a must do walk. A proper hill to climb! But rather than walk from Melrose, we drove to Bowden, where Dawn's sister Jan has just moved to, parked outside her house and did the walk from there while Jane was out.

This was our route from the St. Cuthbert's Way Short walks book.

This is how it was shown in the book.

We started at the fountain in Bowden and crossed some of Bowden Common and up a short stretch of road to Bowdenmoor reservoir.

We met a couple with their dog walking the hills too, but they had no map and had no idea where they were or which way to go! I let them photograph the maps of the two Eildon walks as a reference and pointed them in the right direction. We followed them for a while before they wandered off-piste to climb Little Hill.

When we got to the crest between the hills and had a nice view of Melrose, I carried on up the hill while Dawn turned back down St. Cuthbert's Way.

Yes. Up there. It was a bit of a scramble at times as it was rather steep in places.

And here I am at the top at 244m. It was a bit blowy!

Lovely views!

On the way back down I caught up with Dawn - she had gone the wrong way and had to backtrack!

And then we were back at Bowden and Met up with Jane and Bethany.

Well that was a cracking walk. But I wasn't finished for the day yet...

You can see more of my photos here on Flickr and more details of our route here on MapMyWalk,

Melrose Town Walk

Today we went to Melrose and our booklet came in handy. We started with a Town Walk. This was our route...

This was the trail in our booklet, although we did add a bit on to go further along the River Tweed and didn't bother with the extra loop past tyhe Grammar School and along the bypass.

A few photos...

The Abbey, unlike Jedburgh, has a roof in places.

We were at the foot of the Eildon Hills.

A nice footbridge across the Tweed.

The Cauld.

Along the riverside path.

The Rugby pitch was all ripped up. It looks like they are installing heating underneath it.

There are plenty of old-fashioned shops.

The town square. We would be back at the hotel there for our dinner tonight.

You can see more photos here on Flickr and more details of our walk here on MapMyWalk,

Jedburgh Sights

This afternoon we visited two of the many sights of Jedburgh, The Mary Queen of Scots House and the Abbey. The audio tour of the latter was really good!

Here are a couple of photos...

Jedburgh used to be famous for its pears.

The 'Rock of Ages' in the grounds of the house.

You can see more here on Flickr