Ken's Birthday Walk to St Abbs
This weeks walk was Ken's Birthday Walk and he selected a 9 mile walk from Coldingham to St Abbs Head and then the Berwickshire coastal path to Eyemouth. We met at Coldinham and set out in glorious...
View ArticleVisitors from Australia
Langholm welcomes a visiting Pipe Band from Armadale in New South Wales, Australia this weekend and we are hosting three members of the band in the photograph. From L to R Barry Hyde - Piper, Ami...
View ArticleArmidale Pipe Band
The Armidale Pipe band and their Langholm Hosts before they departed this morning for a visit to the Lockerbie Memorial and then on the Drumlandrig Castle, the home of the Duke of Buccleuch. The...
View ArticleJohn's Birthday Walk to Cross Fell
John selected a walk to the top of Cross Fell for his Birthday Walk so a car from Edinburgh with 4 walkers and a car from Langholm with 4 walkers met at the the very small village of Kirkland to...
View ArticleRiver Esk Walk
It is quite some time since I posted anything on my blog but my Laptop has been playing up and is still not working properly so these next few blogs will be from my I Pad. A couple of weeks ago I took...
View ArticleParton Heritage Trail at Loch Ken
This would be the last walk of the year for Niall before he heads back to Australia so we decided to head for Loch Ken in the hope of seeing some Red Kites. The plan was to walk the Parton Heritage...
View ArticleBack Walking Again
After a 3 week break from walking due to this horrible virus that hit the Graham family we headed up to Eskdalemuir today for a 6 mile walk from Samye Ling round the alternative forestry transport...
View ArticleDryburgh Abbey and the Tweed
Today's walk started at St Boswells and was a 5 mile circuit along the Tweed and through the village of Dryburgh. We had decided to head east as the weather forecast indicated dry weather at St...
View ArticleA Lochmaben Walk
Today's Wednesday walk took us to Lochmaben for a walk round Castle Loch via Marlake. There was 3 of us this week as John was down from Edinburgh so with good weather forecast we headed off at 9.30...
View ArticleThe Sunken (and Muddy) Lanes of Cumbria
Having spent some time researching new walks in Cumbria I found what looked to be a hidden gem in a booklet called Solway Coast Rambles. I was unable to get the information I required from the internet...
View ArticleFiona and Leo Celebrate 4 + 0 Party
Fiona and Mario held this party in the Rising Sun Country Park in Newcastle and their friends turned out in force to celebrate Fiona's 40th Birthday and Leo's 4th Birthday.The kids along with Mums and...
View ArticleThe Return of Bowman
Forgive me if today's post is mostly related to a dog. Not just any dog but Bowman who has returned to The Last of the Summer Wine Walkers after an 18 month absense due to a knee injury to his master...
View ArticleDavid's Birthday Walk
After a gap of nearly 2 years David ably assisted by Bowman is back with us and was able to do a 4 mile walk along the Ettrick at Selkirk today. A year ago he could hardly walk 40 yards so has made...
View ArticleTom's Birthday Walk in Gala
Although a week earlier than his birthday Tom with a little help from Martin decided the best place for his birthday walk would be halfway between Edinburgh and Langholm so Galashiels was selected.A...
View ArticleA Canonbie Walk
Our last walk of the year was planned for a 6 mile circuit of Canonbie followed by a bar lunch in the Cross Keys. Last weekend we considered moving the walk to Tuesday to avoid what looked as if would...
View ArticleNew Years Day Walk
We decided to take part in the Langholm New Years Day run but of course at walking pace. The idea is to be back in Langholm for 11.00am. We set off just after 9.00am to do part of the course round...
View ArticleA Peebles Walk and it did not Rain
We decided to meet up yesterday in Peebles with the Edinburgh contingent joining us so Peter, Tom, and I left a very wet Langholm at 9.00am thinking we would get very wet. We met John, Martin, and...
View ArticleLonely and Wet
With 4 of our wee group of walkers sunning themselves in warmer climates John, Peter, and myself were left to walk in the rain today. David, Ken, and Tom are in the Carribean and Niall is back in...
View ArticleThe Meeting of the Waters
With bad weather forecast to come in from about 12 noon the plan was to do a 5/6 mile walk locally and finish by 1.00pm so we headed for Canonbie and parked at the Parish Church. A group of council...
View ArticleFrom Whitley Bay to North Shields
As a change this week we are walking in Northumberland and staying at our Fiona's in Newcastle before our big walk on Wednesday. Tom & Peter joined me in High Heaton at lunch time and we headed out...
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