Galashiels

Weather forecast not good but we left at 8 am after breakfast. Light rain.
We left the road after 35 mins and started the long climb up to Minch Moor on the old droving trail. Today, it seems. Is the day for meeting people. Two boys walking the dogs and then two runners. The runners told us they were organising, next year, a run over the SUW. There welcome to that.
The mist thickened as we continued our climb, passing the sculpture in the heather, Resolution.
Fortunately the track was clearly defined as the mist continued to thicken.
Another walker loomed out of the mist coming towards us. A Dutchman who had walked from Lands End and hoped to reach Edinburgh.
I took a photo of Shirl in the mist. She was about 50 metres away.
Reaching the Three Brethren was a relief because we now were going down. Or so we thought. With about two hours to go the rain really intensified just as we started going up again. Quite a nasty little climb.
Relieved we reached our destination after 7-3/4 hours. Drenched.Read more