A Walk Near Kelso With The Last of the Summer Wine Walkers

Todays walk with my walking friends started at the village of Sprouston near Kelso. The first section of the walk headed down to the river Tweed and we followed it downstream for over a mile. One car with John, Sandria and Ken came from Edinburgh. Niall and Elspeth brought Gaye and the ladies were dropped in Kelso for a morning of shopping. Tom and I drove direct to Sprouston and we all arrived within a few minutes of each other. This photo is taken at the War Memorial in Sprouston.

I had forgotten to take my tripod to get all of us in on one photo so Tom took this one.

The first stretch of the Tweed

A couple of fishermen

We saw about 5 of these boats moored by the bank of the river, but none of them were in use.

One of several fishing huts beside the river

Another fisherman. We saw 5 fishermen in the mile long stretch of river

A Swan leading its 4 youngsters. There was lots of bird life on the river including Swans, Geese, Herons, Ducks, and a Cormorant, but they flew off as soon as they saw us.

The only place we had a problem was on a stretch of the river bank that was impassable due to thorny bushes. We had to crawl through the bottom part of a barbed wire fence. Gone are the days when we could easily put one foot on the top of the barbed wire and just leap over. Ken getting through quite easily here.

Tom making heavy weather of getting under the fence

He made it with plenty of laughs

Loads of Apples on this tree

Now walking beside the fields making it much easier

The next stage was a long lane across fields

Harvest all safely gathered in

An interesting fungus on the side of a tree

The lovely lane between the fields

The last section of the walk was the old railway line that stretched from Kelso to Berwick upon Tweed. It opened in 1849 and closed in 1948

Views from the old railway line. Its an excellent walking footpath and looks to be maintained for the benefit of walkers

The well maintained old railway line

Loads of trees and bushes laden with berries

This was Sprouston station with the remnants of a platform. We headed back to Kelso after our walk and met up with Elspeth and Gaye for a lovely lunch in The Cobbles Inn just of the square in Kelso