This weeks Wednesday Walk with Tom took us to Hawick for a walk through Wilton Park and along the Teviot River. This is a lovely Bandstand in the park and in the summer months there are regular concerts held there. The park is really nice and a lovely place to have a walk.
After walking round the perimeter of the park we headed up the road out of the park and along the Teviot river. I was disappointed at the amount of empty beer cans beside the road. It really needs a good clean up.
While on our walk we met Bobby and Shirley Froud. Shirley of course is from Langholm. Bobby and I used to play Squash against each other when he played for Hawick and I played for Langholm. We had a grand blether before we headed on to the Pavilion Cafe for our lunch.
The River Teviot from one of the several bridges leading to Wilton Park
The Museum in the park. It was closed much to Tom's annoyance and my pleasure as I have been in it before and its very nice but having seen it once I am happy to leave it at that.
The War memorial which strangely mentions the 1914-19 War rather than 14-18.
The statue commemorating Bill McLaren the BBC Rugby commentator.
The statue to Steve Hislop the Motorbike Racing Driver who was tragedy killed in 2003.
A lovely fountain in front of the museum
These silhouettes commemorate the Battle of Passchendaele and were placed here in 2017 to mark the centenary of the Battle. It was a most enjoyable 4 mile walk followed by a grand lunch and of course a good blether with Bobby.
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