John's Birthday Walk to Scott's View

For the last few days we had been watching the ominous weather reports for todays Birthday Walk for John. We headed for Newtown St. Boswells to start at 10.00am just as the rain stopped and it remained nice for the rest of the day. 

The first stop was The Temple of the Muses with Birthday boy John giving them the once over. This was built as a tribute to Borders poet James Thomson born 1700 and died 1748. 

Next stop the statue to William Wallace 

This is Scotts View and I am ashamed to say I have never been there before but it is one of the finest views in Scotland.

The last section of the walk brought us to the 3 bridges over the Tweed at Leaderfoot. This is the old railway viaduct.

The modern road bridge. I have nothing complimentary to say about this one except that it probably does its job well but it is fairly ugly. 

And last but by no means least the oldest bridge which is now for pedestrians only.

This must be one of the most photogenic sights in the Borders and well worth a wee seat. The last mile of the walk took us along the A69 which was very busy so no photographs and nothing to see. We ended up with a meal at the Buccleuch Hotel in St. Boswells after a superb walk.