Tom and I decided that yesterdays Wednesday Walk should only be on road rather than plodding along Lanes or Fields in the mud. We selected a 4 mile circular route at Penton and Nicholforest. This is on the last section of the walk and is called Railway Cottages next to the old Waverley railway line. It is dated N.B.R. 1889.
A view from the road looking toward the Liddell valley
We stated our walk at a Bus Shelter near Crossroads just off the B6318 past the Pentonbridge Inn and a feature of the first half mile was the number of Crab Apple trees in full fruit at the left hand side of the road. We counted a least a dozen and most of the trees had lost their leaves but the Apples remained.
Nicholforest Parish Church and we had our morning Coffee in the porch of the Church
More Crab Apples
Nicholforest Public Hall and a fine building it is.
Near a caravan site on the first road section this fellow came to see who we were.
Enjoying a Coffee in the porch of Nicholforest Church
Another of the Alpacas next to the road.
Crab Apples galore
Plenty of long straight sections of road lined with Beech Hedges
Tom views one of the lovely Beech Hedges
Pentonbridge Inn which was not open for lunches but certainly worth a visit another time.
Another view of the lovely Nicholforest Church. We had hoped to dine at Pentonbridge Inn for lunch but they were closed and then the Cafe in Newcastleton was full so we ended up at The Buccleuch Centre and had a lovely lunch served very quickly.
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