Walk No. 160: Duns Castle Reserve
Date: Thursday 23 August 2012
Distance: 3.5 miles approx.
Start / Finnish: The Market Square, Duns, Berwickshire
The
outing to Duns and the walk round the Duns Castle Reserve was attended by 33
Strollers.
Moira Turner, assisted by her border collie and Liz Staples, led us on this pleasant walk on a fortunate day weather wise, as it rained after the walk was finished. It was sunny and hot the rest of the time, although under the trees this wasn't so obvious. Whilst the strollers didn't stop for a picnic break there were some on the walk who were providing lunch for the local 'beasties'.
Given the nature of the recent weather, the 'puff' factor should probably be changed to a 'mud' factor as it seems very difficult to go anywhere without tramping through mud at some point.
The local hostelries were well sampled after the walk even if they did insist people removed their boots.
Many thanks to Moira and Liz for leading us and not getting us lost, even with a detour to see the Covenanters Stone and View Point, with panoramic views of the Borders and the approaching rain.
Moira Turner, assisted by her border collie and Liz Staples, led us on this pleasant walk on a fortunate day weather wise, as it rained after the walk was finished. It was sunny and hot the rest of the time, although under the trees this wasn't so obvious. Whilst the strollers didn't stop for a picnic break there were some on the walk who were providing lunch for the local 'beasties'.
Given the nature of the recent weather, the 'puff' factor should probably be changed to a 'mud' factor as it seems very difficult to go anywhere without tramping through mud at some point.
The local hostelries were well sampled after the walk even if they did insist people removed their boots.
Many thanks to Moira and Liz for leading us and not getting us lost, even with a detour to see the Covenanters Stone and View Point, with panoramic views of the Borders and the approaching rain.
Note: Those of you on the e-mail distribution list should have received two emails regarding this walk, one from the company and one from Drew on sl.pa.strollers@googlemail.com.
If you didn't receive the second one, check your Spam or Junk mail folder.
There is an item on this Blog (just below this item) that gives you some guidance on how to stop these e-mails going to Spam / Junk.
If you didn't receive the second one, check your Spam or Junk mail folder.
There is an item on this Blog (just below this item) that gives you some guidance on how to stop these e-mails going to Spam / Junk.
