Two days in a row!

Yesterday morning (Saturday) things did not look very promising when we set off from a rain drenched Teviothead for Hawick. Plan was to get a bus to Jedburgh with a view to walking back to the auld toon along the Abbey Way. But, someone was obviously looking after us, as the first part of this 14 plus mile walk saw us get very little rain and allowed us to take in some cracking views across the rolling Border hills or farmland. This is a really enjoyable walk which takes you along tracks, through woods and up onto hillsides - a real mixture - enabling you to see for miles in all directions. Up past Todlaw, Merlin Dean wood and onto Blacklaw Hill before Ruberslaw dominated the skyline looking very wet but thankfully the rain seemed to circle round about us and we avoided it. From the top it was down towards Bedrule where a welcome seat at the war memorial was the perfect spot for lunch. The next stretch took us up past Spittal Tower before Denholm and a tea shop awaited us. Refuelled by cake and tea, the final stretch was a case of coats and leggings on, head down and along the riverside and back to Hawick as it was very wet. The river was in full flow and pretty dangerous looking and not surprinsingly we never met a soul! Having done this stretch before it was good to know the end was in the sight rather than rain at the start of the day. All in all a really good walk.