Truckers Forestry Road and the Eskdalemuir Hub

The purpose of today's trip to Eskdalemuir was to visit the new Eskdalemuir Hub for our lunch after the walk. The forecast for today was for a wet afternoon so we set off early and our 6 mile walk round the Forestry Truckers Road was completed without a drop of rain and only minutes before the heavens opened. A bit of excellent timing of maybe just good luck. 

The view looking east from the Forestry Road

The road which was used by 3 trucks as we walked along this morning with 2 of them loaded and 1 unloaded. 

And the view looking west

One of the loaded trucks travelling at about 15 miles per hour. The surface of the road is still in good condition after a good number of years usage. 

On our way back to the village we walked through Samy Ling which is now almost complete after many years of building work. 

The completed Temple now in the form of a quadrangle with accommodation for visitors on the other sides of the quadrangle. 

Tom reckons that you can get good luck by going through this entrance gate. The last time we were here he walked through it and then scored his lowest ever golf score the next day. He is hoping it will work again for his game against John tomorrow morning, but as John also walked through it also he might be lucky instead.

We ended our walk at the Eskdalemuir Hub and enjoyed a lovely lunch. Many thanks to Nick Jennings for showing us round and to Sharon Tolson for inviting us. It is a lovely place to stop for a meal or a coffee but very quiet during the early part of the week.