St Cuthbert’s Way Walk Day 2 would see us walking from Newton St Boswells to Jedfoot Bridge – a distance of about 15 miles.

Having stayed at the Drybough Arms pub in Newton St Boswell, we were heading off to Jedfoot Bridge for our second day of the St Cuthbert’s Way walk.

Unfortunately, Nicholl was not going to be able to join us on today’s walk, so we loaded our overnight stuff in the car and set off on my way. The start of our route took us down to the River Tweed, which we then followed for some time.

The views out across the River Tweed were lovely and it was so peacefully except for the bird song, that I took a little video.

We eventually dragged ouselves away and continued on, dropping down to the Tweed. The St Cuthbert’s Way path continued along the side of the Tweed but we decided to take a little detour to see if we could see Dryburgh Abbey and the William Wallace Statue.

We picked up the Abbeys Way which took us over the Tweed where we came upon the Temple of the Muses.

 

From the Tweed we followed a path which took us up to the William Wallace Statue. First passing the giant pineapple which is in front of the statue, before climbing up to the staue itself.

We also tried to have a look at Dryburgh Abbey but it wasn’t open yet and we didn’t really have time to wait until it did. Unfortunately we couldn’t get a view of it either. However, whilst we were on our walk, Nicholl did manage to visit the abbey and took some great pictures.

We retraced our steps and went back over the bridge to rejoin the St Cuthbert’s Way path which continued to follow the Tweed.

Our path today had a lot of steps anlong the way!

We got to St Boswell, which is where we have our evening meal the previous night

We walked through St Boswells and then turned off and our path took us along the edge of the St Boswell Golf Club.

Having passed the gold course, our path then continued to follow the River Tweed

We turned off from the Tweed and headed up towards Maxton.

Walking through Maxton, we spotted this old water fountain

Having passed through Maxton we were back to more rural views

We were rushing slightly by now as we had arranged to meet Nicholl and Sylvia another friend (who lives locally) for lunch.

Lunch (a rather late lunch) was at Woodside Garden Centre, which is a lovely place if you are ever near Harestanes.

After our lunch, we continued along our journey heading for Jedfoot Bridge.

The path took us across a rather bouncy bridge over the River Teviot.

We followe the River Teviot for a while before turning off and following Jed Water up to the road at Jedfoot Bridge.

Our St Cuthbert’s Way Day 2 walk from Newton St Boswells to Jedfoot Bridge, including our detour had been 15.5 mile and we had climbed 1,514 feet. It had been another very enjoyable and scenic route, made even better that I got time to meet up with a friend and spend some time chatting over lunch! 

We met Nicholl at Jedfoot Bridge and drove to Jedburgh where we we staying for the night.