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A flexible walking holiday in the beautiful
Scottish Borders
- Plan your own route
- No fixed start or finish point
- Stay as long as you like
- Choose from the best of Borders Walks
If you want the flexibility to plan your own itinerary,
The Borders Ramble gives you the freedom to do just that. You decide
when to start - on any day of the week - and can stay for as long as you
want - from a quick weekend break to a 70 mile trek. You may want to try
a demanding hill-top walk one day, then spend a couple of days exploring
one of the ancient Borders Burghs, with a shorter walk to follow - or
spend a week or ten days getting to know the different parts of this,
one of Britain's largest unspoiled areas. Whatever you decide, the choice
is yours. And remember that Make Tracks will arrange accommodation
and luggage transfer, and provide written guides to every walk (in either
direction).
To choose your route, look at the plan of the Borders Ramble and the
summary table. Choose a starting point, and simply follow a route between
the different overnight stops. You will see that there is a choice of
more than one route between overnight stops, giving you the chance to
walk by a different route in each direction. You can stay as many nights
as you like in any location, and finish at any point on the network.
When you have decided where you want to stay each night, fill in the
booking form.
| From |
To |
Route(s) |
| Peebles |
Traquair |
Route A - 6
miles
A gentle introduction or wind-down, mainly on tarmac back lanes
along thebanks of the Tweed, taking in some remarkable gardens and
the historic house where many Scottish Kings resided.
Route B - 12 miles
An exhilarating high-level walk (521m) over the top of the Moorfoot
Hills.
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| Peebles |
St.
Mary's Loch |
12 miles
By an old drove road to the top of Birkscairn Hill (661m), then
downhill to an old lochside inn. |
| St.
Mary's Loch |
Traquair |
12 miles
A good track over quite high ground with great views over the Tweed
valley to the north, ending at the tiny village of Traquair. |
| Traquair |
Selkirk |
14 miles
A fairly demanding but rewarding track, following a route over the
Minch Moor (to 524m) taken by the 18th century cattle drovers on
their way to the southern markets. Peace and solitude to enjoy some
wonderful views. |
| Selkirk |
Galashiels |
10 miles
Two gentle climbs (max 350m) over beautifully varied countryside,
from mixed woodland and the banks of salmon-laden rivers to springy
high pasture and heathery moors. Several pretty spots for a picnic
and plenty of time to enjoy it. |
| Selkirk |
Melrose |
Route A - 9
miles
A mixture of leafy winding lanes through pretty farmland and villages
and a more open track following an old drovers' route, with the
chance to stop at the home of Scotland's most famous novelist, Sir
Walter Scott.
Route B - 9 miles
The Eildon Hills, and farmland tracks, via the pretty village
of Bowden.
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| Galashiels |
Melrose |
11 or 8 miles
A varied walk over a mixture of moorland, back lanes, and pasture,
linking with the Southern Upland Way through
farmland and back to Tweedside. An optional shortcut gives you a
choice of length of walk. |
| Melrose |
Lauder |
9 miles
A good path to start or finish your break. Waymarked all the way,
this section travels an undulating route that was almost certainly
engineered by the Romans, and is now part of the Southern
Upland Way. |
| Melrose |
St.
Boswell's |
6 miles
A track through the picturesque Eildon Hills past a Roman fort,
an Iron Age settlement, and a charming village. An undemanding walk,
leaving time to visit the ancient abbeys of Dryburgh and Melrose. |
| St.
Boswell's |
Jedburgh |
12 miles
A track following a delightful riverside walk and an old Roman road
past a Woodland Centre with an excellent pinery, fine exhibitions
on timber and its uses, and first-rate tea and scones. |
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