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Beck's Burn Walk and The Curling Pond
This is the old Curling Pond up near the Beck's Burn. You could not Curl on it now but in the early and mid 1900s it was regularly used as a Curling Rink. We must have had far more frosty days then...
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Wind Farm at Longtown
It was just John and me for this weeks Wednesday walk and we headed for Longtown to see the new Wind Farm near Longtown Airfield. We had been walking near Rowanburn a few months ago when an argument...
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A Walk Along the River Eden at Wetheral
This walk had been planned in January but due to bad weather we had to postpone it. Anyway better late than never so Tom and I headed to Peter's to collect him and he acted as our guide for this 6 mile...
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A Bleak Day in Wanlockhead
John was staying in Moffat this week in a holiday cottage so he can visit his mum in her Care Home on a daily basis. We picked him up in Moffat and headed off to Leadhills for our walk to Wanlockhead...
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Whitley Bay to Tynemouth Walk
It was a glorious day in Newcastle so I took the Metro from Longbenton to Whitley Bay and walked along the cost about 4 miles to Tynemouth. This is St. Mary's lighthouse just north of Whitley Bay....
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A Glorious February Day at St. Mary's Loch
What a glorious day for a walk. We met John at St. Mary's Loch and parked my car there while John took us a mile further along the road to avoid us walking the first part of the walk on the main road....
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Potholm Mud
Todays walk was the postponed one from last week round Potholm to check out the Umbrella Walk route which takes place  on 23rd March. There has been a lot of rain lately and the road out of Langholm...
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A Misty Tarras Valley
John chose the route for this walk as he had to visit Tarras Lodge so when we planned it we thought the weather would be good but today proved different as it was very misty and at times we could...
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Martin's Birthday Walk in Dalkeith Country Park
Martin choose Dalkeith Country Park for his Birthday Walk and what an excellent place it is. There were loads of paths and plenty to see. The weather was perfect for walking and the company excellent....
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Lyneholm Moss Walk near Westerkirk
Despite a cold wind it was a perfect day for walking and we selected this route which included a couple of miles on the Castle O'er road from Enzieholm Bridge and then a forestry track over Lyneholm...
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The Duchess's Drive Walk at Bowhill
It was only Tom, John, and myself today as the rest of the gang were otherwise engaged. The weather was not as good as it has been over Easter but it was dry and almost warm except on the top of the...
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A Bluebell Day on a Walk through Westerhall
Once a year we walk through Westerhall Estate just to see the flowers on display. Usually its the Azaleas on display but today it was Bluebells in their splendour. David and Bowman and Ruger had...
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Another Westwater Walk and a First for John
This must be Tom's favourite walk as he seems to select it every year. We first walked the Westwater valley in April 2015 which was a year or two after they first planted the trees. We walked it again...
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Bowman Leads the Way
It was just 4 of us on a local short walk today. This was done to please Bowman who is getting a bit elderly and cannot walk too far. It was a very pleasant day as we walked up to Springhill to collect...
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Gavin's Birthday Walk at Peebles
My Birthday Walk was round the Glentress Circuit from Peebles and this included mountain bike trails through the forest. As it was English mid-term school holidays it was very busy and occasionally we...
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River Esk Walk and a Nasty Fall
Only Tom and me today as everybody else is busy so it was a bus journey to Hollows on the posh Borders Bus and a walk along the Esk to Langholm. Just 5 minutes before I took this photo of the Coll at...
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An Eventful Day on Fiddlers Path in Dunkeld
The journey to Dunked for the start of the walk on the Fiddlers Path was marred by Martin's car hitting a Deer a glancing blow and him losing his near side mirror. We think the Deer was uninjured but I...
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Bowling and a Pizza Evening at Arkleton
This was our annual Last of the Summer Wine Bowling afternoon and it was a perfect day with glorious weather.After the Bowling we headed to Arkleton Walled Garden for a Pizza Evening and it was a most...
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A Visit from Doreen and Norman
This is Findlay. All their dogs in recent years have been named after Scottish rugby internationalists. He has had majorSurgery in the last few weeks but is recovering well.A group photo. It will be 2...
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Another Newcastleton Walk
We had a limited time available for this weeks walk so we headed off in the rain to Copshaw to do a 6 mile walk and be back in plenty of time for Niall to attend a meeting about Langholm Moor with...
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