Day 59 West Linton to Beecraigs country park

We had an early start this morning as our walk today was due to be around 22 miles. We had a nice walk out of West Linton along country lanes and then on to the cross borders drove road. We had great views of the Pentland Hills and passed the peaceful Harperrig reservoir. The walk got quite challenging as we approached Livingston. We passed East Calder and Mid Calder they seem as though they were quite nice small villages, but now a lot of new housing is being build on the edge of both of them, making the traffic very busy. The really big challenge was Livingston. I think maybe it was the route we took but we ended up in a very large housing estate that seemed to be set up in such a way that there was no way to exit it. We just seemed to be walking through it in circles for hours. Eventually we did find a way though and amazingly exited into a very nice country park. We then had a few navigation challenges when footpaths shown on our map were actually blocked, so we ended up adding an extra 4 miles to our walk to get to our camp for tonight. When we got here (Beecraigs country park) we were really impressed, it has great views, you can see the whole of Edinburgh and the facilities are lovely, so it was worth the walk.
PS 25 miles, I am knackered. 😂Read more