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Day 41 – Peebles to West Linton
... the Meldon Hills. We descended down to the road and met Chris for lunch. Moving on, we took a superb forest track past Green Knowe and onto the remote settlement of Harehope. Continuing up through the forest we made out to open moorland again and the route took us down into a remote hidden valley with no access by roads.
It was unbelievable to see, as we started to ascend out of the valley a bench seat which had been placed in a ...
Bag Pipes and Kilts All the Way!
... couscous, open faced grilled vegetable sandwich, and soup. So I went with the spinach salad which has sweet potatoes in it and a whole grain scone which was the perfect lunch and very economical! Tommy and Victoria P. decided to go elsewhere for lunch but Bridget, Victoria A and I stayed there. When we finished lunch, Victoria A. found out that her friend from Rhode Island who is studying in London was in Edinburgh and was eating in a pub off the Royal Mile so we went to go meet ...
Day 67 - Are you looking at my tent?
... ever 'nearly' seen. Basically until you are actually standing opposite the place, the only clue to it's existence was a line of shopping trolleys protruding 5 inches past the entrance wall.
Picked up lunch and then trailed owta Peebles down by the river, with my old boots lightly massaging the bruised little feet.
Under one of the bridges over the river, still near the town centre, I saw a nice little photo opp of the clock tower and the ...
Day 28 - Country Life
Today marked the start of real countryside walking! Balerno ended quite abruptly and suddenly there was rolling countryside and the beautiful Pentland Hills. A little snow in places but generally dry - the moorland fires I spotted later on showed just how ...
Rain, hail, sleet and snow
... it was now windy, rainy and so cold I thought I might freeze. But we braved the weather and had a look around the castle which was impressive. We saw a magnificent tapestry being made in the traditional way. Apparently It takes about 4 years to complete. Just amazing.
After checking out the castle we hit the road again bound ...