My Birthday Walk at Lauder

We last did this walk in Lauder in January 2015 on a bitterly cold day with snow and ice all around. I thought it would be good to go back so I selected it for my Birthday Walk. The weather was perfect for walking although the sun did not come out until the last mile. Only us 6 men today as the ladies were all otherwise engaged

Tom and Martin beside the memorial of a young Tree Surgeon called Hamish who was killed in a tragic accident in 2005.

Loads of Gorse

We had a discussion about what these huts could be with some of us thinking they were for pigs but it turns out they are breeding huts for Partridges

The early part of the walk was along an old railway line

Everywhere you look there is Rape Seed plants which are very colourful at this time of the year

Starting to climb up to Blackchester with more fields of Rape Seed in the background

Blackchester which was originally an ancient settlement and then a Roman Fort

The lads on the top of the Roman defensive ditch

This row of outhouses draws the eye to what looks like an optical illusion

Near the end of the walk somebody is making this area of the Harry Burn into a nature reserve

We were booked into a nice Brasserie called Firebrick and the food was excellent. 

The Apple Pancake which was undoubtedly the highlight of the day and superb