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Walking in the Scottish Borders

Cheviots, Tweed, Ettrick, Moffat and Manor hills

Guidebook presenting 45 day walks and one long distance route in the Scottish Borders. The day walks cover five areas: the Cheviots, Tweeddale, the Ettrick Hills, Moffat Hills and Manor Hills. The walks are a mixture of high and low-level routes and can be fully customised using multiple variants.

Seasons

Year-round. For hillwalking, the best times of all are April-June and September. Winter hillwalking under snow can be arduous, but very rewarding in good conditions and if correctly prepared and equipped.

Centres

Wooler, Kelso, Melrose, Peebles, Moffat

Difficulty

Walks range from easy low-level walks, through smaller hills, to moderately challenging grassy hills at 600-750m (200-2500ft). Walks are graded to aid planning.

Must See

The Cheviot and its Hen Hole; Hart Fell and its Beeftub; White Coomb and its Grey Mare's Tail waterfall; River Tweed; bird-infested cliffs at St Abbs; ruined abbeys; Eildon Hills; St Mary's Loch; Reiving-era towers and bastles
ISBN
9781786310118
Availability
Published
Published
12 Aug 2020
Reprinted
23 Jun 2022
Edition
First
Pages
256
Size
17.20 x 11.60 x 1.15cm
Weight
280g
Overview

Guidebook presenting 45 day walks and one long distance route in the Scottish Borders. Split between the north and south Cheviots, Tweed, Ettrick, Moffat and Manor hills, the walks are a mixture of high and low-level routes and can be fully customised using multiple variants.

The day walks range from 3 to 14 miles (5-23km) in length and take between 1-17.5 hours. The long-distance route between Gretna and Berwick covers 121 miles (194km) and takes 7 days.

  • 1:50,000 OS maps included for each walk
  • Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket
  • Information on local points of interest
  • GPX files available to download
  • Information given on local geology and wildlife 

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Ronald Turnbull Cicerone author TURNB

By Ronald Turnbull

Ronald Turnbull writes regularly for TGO, Lakeland Walker, Trail and Cumbria magazines. His previous books include Across Scotland on Foot, Long Days in Lakeland and Welsh 3000ft Challenges. He has written many other Cicerone guides, including Walking in the Lowther Hills, The Book of the Bivvy and Not the West Highland Way. Ronald's weekly newsletter on mountains, hillwalking and history is at https://aboutmountains.substack.com/

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