Clarilaw and Boonraw Walk

Every week Tom joins us for a walk he wears his favourite walking coat and is greeted with comments from the rest of us about the state of it. We counted at least 3 tears in it this week. We have now threatened not to walk with him unless he gets a new jacket especially when we are walking in the posh south of England on the Cotswolds Trail in July. He is of course his own man and will pay little or no attention to our comments.
This weeks walk started at the Teviotdale Leisure Centre in Hawick and was a 7 mile circuit to the north of Hawick. The weather was still cold and the visibility much poorer than the last few walks but at least it was dry right up until the last few hundred yards.  

On the way out of Hawick along Mansfield road is this mill owned and run by Johnsons of Elgin. It is now probably the busiest mill in Hawick and has recently opened a Visitor Centre which has been given a 5 star rating by Visit Scotland so well worth a visit.

At the end of the walk as we dropped back down into Hawick we passed this building which used to be St.Andrews Convent and is now a Care Home.

On the River Teviot section of this walk there is a very impressive new pathway built recently to avoid part of the river bank that is eroding due to flooding. Tom of course insisted on going on the original pathway.