Walking from Tweedbank Station to Abbotsford

Today Tom and I headed to Tweedbank Railway Station to meet up with John, Martin and Ken who travelled down from Edinburgh on the train. The plan was to walk from the station to Abbotsford along the Tweed and then back to Tweedbank. This photo is a pond in the park in Tweedbank. It has plenty Waterfowl, Ducks, and Swans and we were told by a lady passing by that a family of Otters also live there. We did not see the Otters, but we saw all the birds.

This looks like a complete family of Swans. 

Enjoying a seat in the park

At the entrance to Abbotsford. We did not go into Abbotsford as we had limited time available.

Starting our walk at Tweedbank Station. Our walk was only 4 miles which is due to our age. John advised that the average age of the 5 of us was almost 79. In 2008 John, Tom, Martin, and myself walked the Border Abbey's Way in about 6 stages finishing on a very cold day in December. The average walk then was about 11 miles a day. Our walks then lasted all day compared with half a day nowadays.

The Tweed was running quite high and fast but not a dirty brown like the Esk when it is in flood.

The railway bridge over the Tweed. I have often travelled over it but this was just the second time I walked down to the river at it. The first time was before the Borders railway was built when we walked the Border Abbeys Way. We were lucky with the weather today and had almost no rain. We ended the walk by having lunch in Marmions Brasserie in Melrose.