LEJOG day 47: Selkirk to Peebles
Ah, me, I have so little to say about today's walk. I've almost forgotten it already. It wasn't bad at all, just not all that exciting.
I was pleased about one thing: the path I was worried may not exist ran from a car park, and at this car park was an information board showing local walks, one of which was the exact path I'd picked and going to Three Brethren, a summit where I could pick up the Southern Upland Way.
I should have been more suspicious of the name "Southern Upland Way" but for some reason it sparked nothing in my mind when I was plotting the routes. Of course it meant I spent well over an hour climbing to get out of the valley Selkirk is in. Once I got to the top, I more or less walked along a ridge, with an occasional generous loop to avoid summits- the way-designers were clearly of my way of thinking- along a nice, obvious track.
I caught up with one other walker at around lunchtime, and trotted along with him for long enough to be told that the dismantled railway between Innerleithen and Peebles is in fact now a cyclepath before I stopped for lunch and he walked on. After lunch, I climbed all the way back down to the Tweed and trotted along a B-road to the start of this old railway, which brought me all the way to Peebles very quickly and with significantly less traffic-dodging than I'd have done on the road walk I'd originally planned. The only downside was walking a mile along an A-road (on a pavement!) to reach my B&B at the end.
All in all, it was fine, but I can't really say much more than that- and really, given I crossed a moor, that's quite a big deal already.
Distance walked: 17.9 miles
Time taken: 5h41 according to Runkeeper; I reckon closer to 6 hours but no more
Percentage completed: 65.6%
Miles per £1 of boot: 5.44
Days since I was last rained on: 7
Lunch: egg and cress sandwich and a bag of crisps
Last night's B&B: The Glen Hotel, Selkirk: Selkirk didn't seem like a particularly nice town when I walked through it, but I would stay here again
Check out the windows
Ah, what a nice path
A path and the Eildons, very distant
I was pleased about one thing: the path I was worried may not exist ran from a car park, and at this car park was an information board showing local walks, one of which was the exact path I'd picked and going to Three Brethren, a summit where I could pick up the Southern Upland Way.
I should have been more suspicious of the name "Southern Upland Way" but for some reason it sparked nothing in my mind when I was plotting the routes. Of course it meant I spent well over an hour climbing to get out of the valley Selkirk is in. Once I got to the top, I more or less walked along a ridge, with an occasional generous loop to avoid summits- the way-designers were clearly of my way of thinking- along a nice, obvious track.
I caught up with one other walker at around lunchtime, and trotted along with him for long enough to be told that the dismantled railway between Innerleithen and Peebles is in fact now a cyclepath before I stopped for lunch and he walked on. After lunch, I climbed all the way back down to the Tweed and trotted along a B-road to the start of this old railway, which brought me all the way to Peebles very quickly and with significantly less traffic-dodging than I'd have done on the road walk I'd originally planned. The only downside was walking a mile along an A-road (on a pavement!) to reach my B&B at the end.
All in all, it was fine, but I can't really say much more than that- and really, given I crossed a moor, that's quite a big deal already.
Distance walked: 17.9 miles
Time taken: 5h41 according to Runkeeper; I reckon closer to 6 hours but no more
Percentage completed: 65.6%
Miles per £1 of boot: 5.44
Days since I was last rained on: 7
Lunch: egg and cress sandwich and a bag of crisps
Last night's B&B: The Glen Hotel, Selkirk: Selkirk didn't seem like a particularly nice town when I walked through it, but I would stay here again
Hi Louise, I found your blog through Dave Johnson (@vauventriers) who I met the other day. I'm also doing LEJOG (www.lucywoodwalks.com) and look forward to going back through your previous posts to inspire and help me on through my own journey. You must be feeling like you're almost on the last leg?
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