Walk No. 195: Peebles to Lyne Water Circular Walk
Date: Tuesday 21st July 2015
Start Time: 11:00
Distance: 7.0 miles approximately
Meet at: Kingsmeadows car Park (just over the Tweed Bridge in Peebles)
Twenty Strollers met up for the July walk from
Peebles to Lyne Station done in a figure of eight out and back along the Tweed
via Manor Bridge. Starting off from the
Kingsmeadows car park and following the path along the River Tweed and turning
south at Fotheringham Bridge to go through the field and skirt the South Wood
to the viewpoint above the Manor Bridge. Who works out these puff factors? From
the viewpoint down and over the Old Manor Brig dating from 1702. Crossing the Manor Bridge
itself to join the old Symington, Biggar and Broughton railway line, where
contrary to the forecast it began to rain quite heavily. Not sure about the
definition of drizzle to heavy drizzle. Following the railway line and sheltering
from the rain under the trees we reached the bridge at Lyne Station where we
stopped for lunch in relatively dry conditions trying to work out what type of
birds were sitting on the telephone wires beside us.
From here it was over the
footbridge and past Barns Tower, dating from the 16th century and Barns House
dating from the 18th century to re-join the river and work our way back to the Manor Bridge.
Crossing over to create our figure of eight we re-joined the railway line back
to the Neidpath Viaduct, where the option of going over it and through the
tunnel didn’t have an enthusiastic response. So instead we opted to follow the
river below Neidpath
Castle, now owned by the
Wemyss family. It has had many famous visitors including Mary Queen of Scots,
James the VI and poets like William Wordsworh. Following the river into Hay Lodge Park and across the Fotheringham Bridge
and back to the car park in Peebles.
Apart from the rain, and Moira discovering that
wearing walking shoes after going round in sandals for a long time was not a
good move (big blisters), it was a nice walk.
Many thanks to Drew yet again for organising our walks. Here’s to next walk in hopefully
a drier August.
