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…
Having arrived in Newcastleton at the end of Anglo-Scottish Border Day 1, Anglo-Scottish Border Day 2 would take us on to Selkirk via Hawick. First things first, however … breakfast. We found an excellent café just up the road from the bunkhouse called Copshaw Kitchen. Fuelled up, we set off along the B6537 out of Newcastleton as it followed the winding Liddel Water, and then soon the B6399, as it followed the path of Hermitage Water. Cycling up the B6399,…
This Anglo-Scottish Border Itinerary outlines our main summer tour for 2023. It is, as usual, our annual group cycle tour with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club. This year the team will be Andy P, Sarah, Andy S, Andy S, Neil, Tracey and Dave. This will be our twelfth summer tour. Yet again it promises to be something special! Anglo-Scottish border region is often considered to be a hidden gem when it comes to cycle touring on…
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…
