We thought we would adapt one of the Jedburgh ones to get to Harestanes via the Borders Abbeys Way and St. Cuthbert's Way, and then find another way back.
This was our route...
Here are a few photos from our route.
Having stocked up on a couple of water bottles, we began our walk from the Co-op and headed along Jed Water to start with, before climbing out of the town.
The Waterloo monument featured on the skyline a lot, but we never got round to climbing up to it.
The Eildon Hills, however, would feature later in the week,
There was a nice bench for a sit down at teh junction with St. Cuthbert's Way.
We descended along St. Cuthbert's way and passed the end of Jed Water as it joined the River Teviot.
This meadow beside the river had swarms of butterflies!
We crossed the river via rather wobbly footbridge.
We had a cup of coffee at the Harestanes visitor centre, and then ice-creams from Mary's Dairy. Dawn had the Rose and Lavender ice-cream which was delicious!
In a corner of the building was the Kelso Gin Company distillery. We were greeted by Andy Crow, one of the proprietors and got to sample a few of his gins (buying a couple of small bottles to take home).
Our return route used the old Ancrum bridge to cross re-cross the Teviot.
The path shown on the map didn't appear to exist, so we walked along the road until the first turning and set off up the hill. It was a bit of a climb be we had a nice view back towards Ancrum
Eventually we came to the ruins of Timpendean Tower.
Now we were back on a proper track and nearly at the top. Here is a view back down it before we headed into Lanton Moor forest.
Eventually we came ou the other side and saw the welcome sight of Jedburgh.
A nice walk of about 11 miles. A good start to our holiday days out.
You can see more of my photos from the walk here on Flickr and more details of the first part of our route here on MapMyWalk.
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