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 Day 1 would see us walking from Melrose to Newton St Boswells – a distance of about 3.5 miles. We had travelled up to Melrose on Saturday and stayed over so that we would be ready to start our St Cuthbert’s Way walk on the Sunday. We had booked the train to get there but certain health related issues meant that at the last minute we had a change of plan and drive up. It did mean…
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…
Our St Cuthbert’s Way Coast-to-Coast Day 1 had been in glorious sunshine. It was, however, a slightly overcast sky that greeted us on the morning of our St Cuthbert’s Way Coast-to-Coast Day 2. Today we would be cycling from Newcastleton to Melrose. Our route began by continuing along the side of the Liddesdale valley. After a few miles, we turned off the B6357 and cycled through the village of Steele Road. A little further on we decided to take a…
This St Cuthbert’s Way Itinerary outlines a 62-mile long-distance walking route which Sarah, Neil and Nicholl will be walking in summer 2021. It is one of the most beautiful, varied and enjoyable routes in Britain, and one of Scotland’s Great Trails. This cross-border route spans the national border between Scotland and England, linking Melrose in the Scottish Borders, where St. Cuthbert started his religious life in 650AD, with Holy Island off the Northumberland Coast, his eventual resting place and his original…
