Kirkandrews-on-Esk Walk

It was just Tom and I on todays Wednesday walk so we decided to park at Kirkandrews-on-Esk and walk to Longtown on one side of the river and return from Longtown on the other bank. This was tom prove rather difficult as I will explain later. This is the lovely church at Kirkandrews-on-Esk. 

One of the many Peel Towers in the Borders area

There are 2 bridges side by side here. One is the old railway bridge and the other is the A7. Most people will never see this lovely stream as they cross the bridge on the A7.

This is an old water pumping station which used to provide water to the munitions factory at Gretna

We reached Longtown without any hassle apart from a herd of cattle that decided to follow us for about a mile. It is many years since we walked along the other bank of the Esk and we found our way barred so had to use the road to Netherby to get back onto the river bank. Walking along a road is not really as nice as beside a river. 

The big house at Netherby which used to be a Graham family stronghold but has now changed hands and is in the process of being renovated. 

This is the lovely suspension bridge over the Esk at Kirkandrews. It has recently been renovated and is looking very nice now. If only Tom and I could get renovated life would be much better.