Peter's Birthday Walk

For Peter's Birthday Walk we headed to Melrose to do the Rhymer's Route which is a 9 mile circuit of the Eildon Hills. Compared with the previous day the weather was much cooler and the forecast was for rain from 1.00pm. It did in fact rain about then but only for a short time so we managed to complete the walk with very little rain. This photo was taken from the top of Little Hill which is the 3rd Eildon Hill. This was the first time that partners had accompanied us on a Birthday Walk and it was great to have Elizabeth and Sandria with us.

This is Bowdenmoor Reservoir from the top of Little Hill. It was a bit hazy so photos are not as good as they could be.

At our lunch stop next to the Reservoir we spotted this nest. I am not sure what bird it is but Dr. Cat Barlow will let me know in due course and I will post the name on the blog. According to Cat it is either a Coot or a Moorhen.

The walk crossed Bowdenmoor with the outline of the Eildons in the background.

On the last section of the walk we overlooked Cauldshiels Loch but this was the section when it started to rain so we did not drop down to the Loch but took a slight detour to walk down through Rhymers Glen and were well sheltered from the rain, which by the time we were out of the forest Glen had stopped. At the end of the walk we had soup and sandwhiches in Burts Hotel in Melrose which was most enjoyable but a bit expensive for what we were given. Our next Birthday walk is my own on 22nd May when we are walking part of the Lancaster Coastal Path combined with a section of the Lancaster Canal.