Ploughed Fields near Kelso

It was a grey overcast day but the forecast said there would be no rain until about 5.00pm so Peter, Tom, and I set off for the village of Smailhome near Kelso and a meeting with John & Ken who were coming down from Edinburgh. We were setting out on an 8 mile circuit which would take in Smailhome Tower which you can see in the background above. It was 2 weeks since we had been in this Borders area when the ground had been so muddy we found it difficult to walk and our boots and clothes had been filthy. What a difference from part of the Southern Upland Way we had been on then. The ground was dry and in many of the fields the farmers had completed their spring ploughing. 

One of the many ploughed fields which will probably be planted with Barley. There is nothing nicer than a well ploughed field.

Smailhome Tower with a small loch in front of it. The building was in superb condition but it was closed until Easter so we never got to see inside.

A large boulder left after the Ice Age with loads of smaller boulders round about it.

A closer view of the Tower.

Peter and John beside yet another plowed field. It was a superb walk and it is great to get home and not need to clean my boots for the first time for many a long week.