We had rocked up to Selkirk at the end of Anglo-Scottish Border 2. Anglo-Scottish Border Day 3 would see us visit the four Borders Abbeys – Melrose, Dryburgh, Jedburgh, Kelso – and finishing at Kelso. Today would be a day of site-seeing, and we had quite a few site to see! Leaving Selkirk we joined the track alongside Ettrick Water for a little while. A few miles in to the ride, where Ettrick Water meets the River Tweed, we crossed…
St Cuthbert’s Way Walk Day 3 would see us walking from Jedfoot Bridge to Morebattle – a distance of about 10 miles. Leaving Jedburgh where we had stayed overnight, we got a lift back to Jedfoot Bridge with Nicholl, which is where our St Cuthbert’s Way Walk Day 2 had finished. Once Nicholl had dropped off at the point where we left the route the previous day, she headed back into Jedburgh for a look around. Jedburgh Abbey In the…
St Cuthbert’s Way Coast-to-Coast Day 2 had been a tough day, so we were hoping for a slightly less challenging day of cycling on our St Cuthbert’s Way Coast-to-Coast Day 3 route from Melrose to Jedburgh. First, however, we took a bit of time out and visited Priorwood Gardens. We had been here before on our Coast and Castles South tour and enjoyed the visit. It was a peaceful start to the morning. Across the road from Priorwood Gardens is…
Coast and Castles South Day 5. Today, was another fantastic day. The weather was fabulous and the scenery was very green and stunning! We set off from the Plough Hotel in Yetholm and cycled to Kelso where we had a look around the old Abbey there. We then continued on following NCN Route 1, there was a slight detour due to a road being closed. We made our way to Melrose where we stopped for lunch. Part of the group went…
