River Tweed Circular

This weeks Wednesday Walk was once again on the River Tweed and a section we have never walked on before. We were due to meet the Edinburgh contingent at 10.30am in the village of Sprouston near Kelso but Martin got lost trying to find the bridge over the Tweed and they were 15 minutes late. Martin's map reading is usually spot on but in this instance he failed and it was quite some time before he got over the experience of his error. I must admit that John and Ken took full advantage of the situation and gave Martin endless abuse from the passenger seats. The first half of the walk followed the River Tweed and the second half follows a disused railway line. It had rained heavily all the way from Langholm but as we arrived in Sprouston the sky cleared and we only had one further shower of rain all day.  

The area we were walking is heavily farmed and this field of potatoes looks as if it is greatly in need of some rain.

The River Tweed

After we left the River Tweed we stopped for lunch next to this stream which is close to the border between Scotland and England. Perhaps in a few years time there will be a Customs Post on this bridge. Our Lunch time discussion was of next years Scottish referendum and by the time lunch was finished we were no more clear on the situation than before but had enjoyed the discussion. 

This is Carham Station on the former Kelso to Cornhill Railway Line

Old Lime Kilns next to the railway line.

The 2.5 Mile walk along the old railway line was spectacular for the Hawthorn blossom on the trees. At times it looked as if it had been snowing.