Month: April 2016
Abbotsford was the home of Walter Scott the writer and Sheriff Depute of Selkirk nearby. Abbotsford is a pleasant walk from Tweedbank station ~1.5 miles.
The highest point of Carnethy Hill in the Pentlands is 573m. From sunshine to snow in less than half an hour on the windswept Scald Law ridge.
Shankend viaduct, part of the now unused Waverley Line on the Border Union Railway. You can walk from Shankend up to the Maiden Paps hills. By the time…