Borders Abbeys Way

Day 5 Selkirk -Melrose – 20/02/2010 The last day, and at 8 miles it was always going to be a short one.  For once the fine clear day failed to materialise and we started in some fine mist.  It eventually started to lift, certainly making the early part of the walk extremely atmospheric.   Considering [...]

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Border Abbeys Way 4

Border Abbeys Way – Day 4 Hawick – Selkirk – 19/02/2010 This really was a consistently good day.  Varied walking through moorland, plantation and eventually parkland coming into Selkirk. It’s a bloody long climb out of Hawick though, up through a housing estate.  Unfortunately it seems that the pavement is very popular with dog walkers. [...]

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Borders Abbeys Way 3

Borders Abbeys Way – Day 3 Jedburgh – Hawick – 18/02/2010 After an excellent night in the B & B and a pretty good meal in the hotel across the road we set off, again in stunning weather, across the high point of the walk. Looking at the trail on the OS maps, you don’t [...]

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Borders Abbeys Way 2

Borders Abbeys Way – Day 2 Kelso – Jedburgh 17/02/2010 Day 2 started in a similar way to the first.  Stunning cold morning, and after a nice hot breakfast we were on our way, past Kelso Abbey, over the bridge and then onto a second river walk (this time the Teviot) which had it’s fair [...]

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Borders Abbey Way 1

Borders Abbeys Way – Day 1 Melrose to Kelso – 16/02/2010 Long Distance walking is a passion of mine, and a week off work, in February, in Scotland is never really the best time to be undertaking one, especially during one of the harshest winters that I can remember.  However, the need took me and [...]

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