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Scotland Walk Tour Package
THE SCOTTISH BORDERS WALK
The Scottish Borders is a region of immense beauty with a romantic atmosphere, beautiful landscapes, excellent hill walking, rich culture and fascinating heritage. The borders were wilder than our “Wild West” for over 500 years. This is where “law” was made by the mighty. Walk the land scarred by turbulent history from the days of the Romans.
You will become part of the Scottish past through tales and folklore, the land of Sir Walter Scott from the Eldon Hills, whose valley was formed by a 13th century wizard Michael Scott (Michele Scot in Dante’s Inferno) to settle a dispute with the devil, to the land where King Arthur and his knights roamed.
Travel back into history. Visit the Traquair House, the oldest inhabited house in Scotland visited by Mary Queen of Scots and 27 monarchs. Visit Melrose Abbey with its soft pink stone that has stood since the 12th century and where Robert the Bruce’s heart was brought from the Holy Land and buried by a loyal friend. Visit Smaillholm, a classic peel tower protecting the tumultuous borderland against the marauding enemy now watching over the gentle countryside where tranquillity reigns.
Walk through heather covered hills and quiet woodlands where the silence is broken only by the sounds of a wild grouse and capercailles, and down coastal cliff paths viewing nesting sites for over thousands of bird,. Experience the lovely coastal villages, historic castles, magnificent graceful River Tweed, peaceful rolling hills, ancient of a land known as much for its tweeds as it’s salmon a land of beauty, of history and of legends.
DETAILS
6 nights B&B accommodation, breakfast daily, 3 lunch-inners, Blue Badge Tourist Guide, luggage transfers, suphicle, entrance fees, tax.
DIFFICULTY OF WALK
covers 6-10 miles per day over undulating terrain, on tracks and footpaths.
SUNDAY
Independent arrival in the Borders. Overnight Melrose.
MONDAY
Set out from Bowden, a village of white cottages and make the gentle climb up through the woodland and heather of the Eildon Hills. Descend into Melrose and visit the ruins of the Cistercian Abbey where the heart of Robert the Bruce is buried. End the day at Abbotsford, the writer Sir Walter Scott’s baronial home, brimming with memorabilia, manuscripts and furnishings. 4 miles, 2 hours plus stops and visits. Overnight Melrose.
TUESDAY
Walk from Smaillholm tower, a good example of a Border peel tower and walk down to Mertoun Gardens. Discover the Duke of Sutherland’s traditional walled kitchen garden, dovecote and fruit-tree filled glass houses. Follow the river Tweed to Dryburgh Abbey and then on to the freedom fighter William Wallace’s statue. 6 miles, 4 hours plus walk in Mertoun Gardens. Overnight Melrose.
WEDNESDAY
Drive to Eyemouth, a busy fishing port and walk along the coast of Coldingham Bay. Continue your walk along the spectacular cliffs to St. Abb’s Head, a National Nature Reserve, and nesting place for seabirds such as guillemots, razorbills, puffins, fulmars and gulls and a natural wild flower nursery. 7.5 miles, 4 hours plus stops. Overnight Melrose.
THURSDAY
Drive to Peebles and walk along the River Tweed passing Neidpath Castle, a 14th Century tower house dramatically situated on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Tweed. Climb gently into the hills above the town before descending through the woods to complete this circular walk. Transfer to Innerleithen, a small woolen textile town famous for the medicinal properties of a mineral spring which was popularized by Sir Walter Scott in ‘St. Ronan’s Well’. Continue through woodland walks to Traquair where the family has lived since the 15th Century. See the priest’s hole, Jacobite glass and embroidery bed hangings said to be made by Mary Queen of Scots. 7 miles, 3 1/2 hours plus stops and visits. Overnight Melrose.
FRIDAY
A visit to Jedburgh, set in the fertile Teviot Valley with the Cheviot Hills in the distance, with its connections to Bonnie Prince Charlie, Mary Queen of Scots, and Sir Walter Scott. The Roman Dere Street now forming part of the St. Cuthbert’s Way, passes the town. The following walk with panoramic views of the area, descends to Town Yetholm and Kirk Yetholm. The Pennine Way long distance ends here. 6 miles. 3-4 hour, stops. Overnight Melrose
SATURDAY
Depart after a leisurely breakfast.
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The Scottish Borders is a region of immense beauty with a romantic atmosphere, beautiful landscapes, excellent hill walking, rich culture and fascinating heritage. The borders were wilder than our “Wild West” for over 500 years. This is where “law” was made by the mighty. Walk the land scarred by turbulent history from the days of the Romans.
You will become part of the Scottish past through tales and folklore, the land of Sir Walter Scott from the Eldon Hills, whose valley was formed by a 13th century wizard Michael Scott (Michele Scot in Dante’s Inferno) to settle a dispute with the devil, to the land where King Arthur and his knights roamed.
Travel back into history. Visit the Traquair House, the oldest inhabited house in Scotland visited by Mary Queen of Scots and 27 monarchs. Visit Melrose Abbey with its soft pink stone that has stood since the 12th century and where Robert the Bruce’s heart was brought from the Holy Land and buried by a loyal friend. Visit Smaillholm, a classic peel tower protecting the tumultuous borderland against the marauding enemy now watching over the gentle countryside where tranquillity reigns.
Walk through heather covered hills and quiet woodlands where the silence is broken only by the sounds of a wild grouse and capercailles, and down coastal cliff paths viewing nesting sites for over thousands of bird,. Experience the lovely coastal villages, historic castles, magnificent graceful River Tweed, peaceful rolling hills, ancient of a land known as much for its tweeds as it’s salmon a land of beauty, of history and of legends.
DETAILS
6 nights B&B accommodation, breakfast daily, 3 lunch-inners, Blue Badge Tourist Guide, luggage transfers, suphicle, entrance fees, tax.
DIFFICULTY OF WALK
covers 6-10 miles per day over undulating terrain, on tracks and footpaths.
SUNDAY
Independent arrival in the Borders. Overnight Melrose.
MONDAY
Set out from Bowden, a village of white cottages and make the gentle climb up through the woodland and heather of the Eildon Hills. Descend into Melrose and visit the ruins of the Cistercian Abbey where the heart of Robert the Bruce is buried. End the day at Abbotsford, the writer Sir Walter Scott’s baronial home, brimming with memorabilia, manuscripts and furnishings. 4 miles, 2 hours plus stops and visits. Overnight Melrose.
TUESDAY
Walk from Smaillholm tower, a good example of a Border peel tower and walk down to Mertoun Gardens. Discover the Duke of Sutherland’s traditional walled kitchen garden, dovecote and fruit-tree filled glass houses. Follow the river Tweed to Dryburgh Abbey and then on to the freedom fighter William Wallace’s statue. 6 miles, 4 hours plus walk in Mertoun Gardens. Overnight Melrose.
WEDNESDAY
Drive to Eyemouth, a busy fishing port and walk along the coast of Coldingham Bay. Continue your walk along the spectacular cliffs to St. Abb’s Head, a National Nature Reserve, and nesting place for seabirds such as guillemots, razorbills, puffins, fulmars and gulls and a natural wild flower nursery. 7.5 miles, 4 hours plus stops. Overnight Melrose.
THURSDAY
Drive to Peebles and walk along the River Tweed passing Neidpath Castle, a 14th Century tower house dramatically situated on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Tweed. Climb gently into the hills above the town before descending through the woods to complete this circular walk. Transfer to Innerleithen, a small woolen textile town famous for the medicinal properties of a mineral spring which was popularized by Sir Walter Scott in ‘St. Ronan’s Well’. Continue through woodland walks to Traquair where the family has lived since the 15th Century. See the priest’s hole, Jacobite glass and embroidery bed hangings said to be made by Mary Queen of Scots. 7 miles, 3 1/2 hours plus stops and visits. Overnight Melrose.
FRIDAY
A visit to Jedburgh, set in the fertile Teviot Valley with the Cheviot Hills in the distance, with its connections to Bonnie Prince Charlie, Mary Queen of Scots, and Sir Walter Scott. The Roman Dere Street now forming part of the St. Cuthbert’s Way, passes the town. The following walk with panoramic views of the area, descends to Town Yetholm and Kirk Yetholm. The Pennine Way long distance ends here. 6 miles. 3-4 hour, stops. Overnight Melrose
SATURDAY
Depart after a leisurely breakfast.
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