Gavin's Birthday Walk at Peebles

My Birthday Walk was round the Glentress Circuit from Peebles and this included mountain bike trails through the forest. As it was English mid-term school holidays it was very busy and occasionally we had to dodge Bikers. Some of them were quite rude but it clearly indicates the route is for both Bikers and Walkers so they will just have to learn better manners. Tom unfortunately had to cancel coming with us at the last minute as he had problems with his bank account and was concerned he had been scammed. This proved to be unfounded, but could have been avoided if the bank had been a bit more considerate.  

This was the view from the forestry road and it was pointed out that there was not one single wind turbine around Peebles unlike Langholm where if the planners get there way there will soon be another 43 of them and each one will be 6 times higher than the Langholm Monument. There seems to be a law for one area and not for others. 

What I like about our walks is we spend time with everybody at different times of the walk and as Elspeth was the only lady on the walk everybody was keen to join her for a mile or more. 

Peter and Ken bringing up the rear and probably talking Politics as per usual. Ken cannot walk and talk at the same time so he is nearly always the tail end charlie.  

Elspeth and Niall enjoying a well earned rest. Their daughter Lorna lives in Peebles so they managed to fit in a visit to see their grandchildren on Tuesday night and met us in Peebles at 10.30am.

Near the 7 Stanes Visitors Centre there are these holiday pods and they all looked to be occupied. This is what I would like to see on the Castleholm at Langholm in the future if we can get it for the community from Buccleuch Estates as they would never do anything about developing holiday accommodation. We managed to finish our walk before the rain came on and had a lovely meal at Ossos on the High Street.