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- Day 1
- Saturday, May 7, 2022 at 10:11 PM
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitude: 130 m
ScotlandJedburgh55°28’32” N 2°33’28” W
Home to Jedburgh
May 7, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
A pleasant drive via Carlisle to Jedburgh, the latter part on deserted, twisty roads.
Very good to see Katy and Thomas over lunch in Carlisle.
Explored Jedburgh to get oriented and establish ourRead more
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- Day 2
- Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 5:31 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 130 m
- ScotlandJedburgh55°28’32” N 2°33’28” W
Selkirk to Galashiels
May 8, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Dropped the car in Galashiels (free parking on Sunday) and took the bus to Selkirk. A quick coffee in the marketplace we set off on the Borders Abbeys Way.
Wildlife spots today: an owl, a hare,Read more
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- Day 3
- Monday, May 9, 2022
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 130 m
- ScotlandJedburgh55°28’32” N 2°33’28” W
Galashiels to Newtown St Boswell
May 9, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Drove to Newtown St Boswell and then took bus to Galashiels. Medium length walk with lunch in Melrose. Very tasty mushroom soup at Apple Jam.
Melrose Abbey is partially closed, along with all theRead more
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- Day 4
- Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 2:36 PM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 130 m
- ScotlandJedburgh55°28’32” N 2°33’28” W
Kelso to Jedburgh
May 10, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Longer walk, with the day treated as a leg of a Camino, i.e. early start, early finish.
07:10 bus to Kelso for a cool breezy start. We fortified ourselves with a fried egg sandwich and a coffeeRead more
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- Day 5
- Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 9:29 PM
- 🌙 10 °C
- Altitude: 130 m
- ScotlandJedburgh55°28’32” N 2°33’28” W
Hawick to Jedburgh
May 11, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
Early bus to Hawick so that we could walk anti-clockwise back to Jedburgh with the wind behind us.
13.1 miles plus a couple of detours for flood prevention works and an eroded footpath by theRead more
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- Day 6
- Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 6:00 PM
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 130 m
- ScotlandJedburgh55°28’32” N 2°33’28” W
Selkirk to Hawick
May 12, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Another early start to catch the 07:45 bus from Hawick to Selkirk so that we could do the walk in reverse, as before.
The forecast was for cold winds so we added warmer clothes and I dropped theRead more
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- Day 7
- Friday, May 13, 2022 at 5:44 PM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 130 m
- ScotlandJedburgh55°28’32” N 2°33’28” W
Newtown St Boswell to Kelso
May 13, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Borders bus to Newtown St Boswell ready to start walking at 8:45.
This was the longest days walking at just over 15 miles, but not too hilly and with a tailwind.
We met a group of four women, andRead more
