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Day 78: REST DAY
We have had a day and a half to rest and recuperate! We didn’t spend much time outside, as it rained heavily all day. With a good internet connection, we have booked our accommodation for the next week. Our aim from the start has been to walk up the West Highland Way, followed by the…
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Day 77: Innerleithen to Peebles
What a contrast today has been! Not only was it a short walk, but the sun shone and I was buoyed along knowing that tomorrow is a rest day! We walked along the Tweed Valley Railway Path, so no hills! The path is well maintained and follows the river, so was pleasant walking. We even…
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Day 76: Galashiels to Innerleithen
I must admit that I didn’t enjoy today’s walk, despite the views from the hills. I think it is because I am tired and looking forward to a rest day! We left Galashiels in good walking weather, sunny with a pleasant breeze, following the Southern Upland Way. But from the start we were climbing. Initially…
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Day 75: Dryburgh to Galashiels
It rained during the night, and so our walk today alongside the river Tweed was rather wet and muddy and again we walked through long wet grass. However the paths and the weather improved and it was a lovely walk following St Cuthbert’s Way to Melrose and the Abbey where St Cuthbert had lived. We…
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Day 74: Jedburgh to Dryburgh
After yesterday’s epic walk we both found we were reluctant to put on our boots and start walking again, despite the fact that it was an easier and shorter walk. We discovered that Victoria and Greg, the New Zealand couple we had met in Byrness and whom we had also met on our walk yesterday,…
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Day 73: Byrness to Jedburgh
What a day! Today is a milestone day: my longest walk since I was a Girl Guide in the 1960s; we have crossed the border into Scotland; we have completed two thirds of our long walk – and we are both totally exhausted! We set off early and it took us an hour to climb/scramble…
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Day 72: Bellingham to Byrness
I was expecting today to be difficult, particularly after the rain yesterday: the guide books suggested that the walk across the moors is really boggy. However, we awoke to sunshine and a strong breeze and had a lovely walk, initially climbing through fields of sheep and then onto the moors. We were able to avoid…
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Day 71 REST DAY
We were both feeling tired and in need of a day of rest and recuperation, especially as the next two days will be long days, across the Cheviots and into Scotland. For some reason I had anticipated Bellingham to be a small town, not a village. There are no launderettes in the vicinity so we…
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Day 70: Twice Brewed to Bellingham
It rained heavily overnight and showers were forecast today, but we were fortunate that these didn’t materialise. Our route took us back to Hadrian’s Wall and the Pennine Way and we parted company with The Wall shortly after the iconic Sycamore Gap to head north across moorland, accompanied by sheep rather than walkers other than…
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Day 69: Greenhead to Twice Brewed
We joined the Pennine Way once again, walking along Hadrian’s Wall. It was a much shorter walk, but with steep paths up and down (and some scrambles) which were not so different from the SW Coastal Path in Cornwall. The views were extensive, and it was interesting to see how the natural cliffs and escarpments…
WALKING WITH GRAMPY 