A Selkirk Walk With the Last of the Summer Wine Walkers

It is almost a year since we have all been together on a walk in the Borders so it was great to be back together again. It was a special pleasure to see Ken who has been in hospital recently and now hopefully on the road to recovery. Unfortunately Sandria had to call off at the last minute as she was unwell. Our route was a 6 mile walk at Selkirk with part of the route being on the Border Abbey Way

 

I remember this detour through a field to avoid farm buildings from my Border Abbey way walk almost 14 years ago. We did a December walk from Selkirk to Melrose in December 2007 and the temperature at the start was -8C and at Melrose when we finished it was -3C. A few days later I was in Salt Lake City when it reached -25C and then another week later we were in Hawaii when it was 25C

I love this signpost outside the farm near Lindean

John and Elizabeth having a good chat.

This Border Collie gave us a great welcome. We finished our walk with lunch in The Waterwheel Cafe and the service and food was excellent.

My 61st Birthday Border Abbey's Walk

For my birthday we once again tackled a section of the Border Abbey's Way, this time from Jedburgh to Hawick a distance of about 14 miles. We left the cars at Hawick and took the bus (free once again) to Jedburgh so by 9.45 am we were on our way. John & Martin had travelled from Edinburgh and Tom and I from Langholm.

This picture was taken outside the Jedburgh Town Jail where Tom spent the weekend for eating a strange cake in a Brown Cafe in Amsterdam.

Martin's 65th Birthday Walk

Martin is 65 this week and we completed another leg of the Border Abbeys Way from Selkirk to Hawick a distance of 12 miles plus another 2 for the times we got lost. Although it is called the Border Abbeys Way you would be hard pushed to find an Abbey in Hawick.

We lunched at the Woll Golf Club in Ashkirk and arrived in Hawick at 4.30pm after a most enjoyable days walking.