Date: Thursday 22 August 2013
Start Time: 11:00 a.m.
Distance: 3.5 miles approx.
Duration: 2 hours approx.
Meet at: The Market Square, Duns, Berwickshire
Please also note that this is not a circular walk.
It
was like a re-make of the 'Dirty Dozen' with twelve intrepid Strollers escaping
the gloom and murk of the Lothians to make their way to sunny Duns in
Berwickshire. Well, almost sunny, but certainly brighter and warmer than Edinburgh. They met up at the Market Square in Duns, to fortify themselves with bacon rolls or cakes depending on preference. Then it was
off by car to Hardens Hill, an odd way to start a walk, but it saved walking up the hill past the Golf Course to the
start of the walk. Thanks to our chauffeurs who, like the Grand Old Duke of
York, went up the Hill and down again, and then up again, and back down again.
The walk started with a short incline to where we could admire the views and see where Robert
Burns once sat. The rest of the walk was downhill all the way. With a good
track to walk on and with only the bees and birds for company, it didn't seem
long till we reached the bottom and worked our way past 'Hen Poo' lake and the
road to Duns Castle. It was then back down to Duns
and the obligatory search for a hostelry for lunch.
Our thanks to Moira for arranging the walk but it’s strange how she could still
find us muddy bits to go through on a tarmacadam’d road.
Hope to
see more Strollers turning out for the next walk, which should be to the
Peebles / Innerleithen area and is provisionally scheduled for 23rd September.
