Hunters Trail at 7Stanes - Newcastleton

For a long time I have wanted to explore walking trails at the 7Stanes Biking Centre at Newcastleton so armed with some information from the internet Tom and I headed off today to do the 9 mile Hunters Trail. This is a circular trail following mostly forest roads with about a mile of it on a lovely path at the furthermost and highest point (1100ft) which joins the 2 forest roads together. It was a superb walk and not a bike in sight. We walked for over 3 hours and never saw a soul but plenty of wildlife and there are loads of picnic areas for your lunch break and even posts for tying your horse to.  

This was some mosses at the side of the trail. There are loads of wildlife areas with ponds and burns.

We never saw the sun  but it looked to be shining at the other side of the valley. We were lucky however and had no rain all the time we were walking.

All over the place you can see lots of old Steils going back to a time before the forest was planted and there would be sheep farming on the open hills.