Walk with Make Tracks to discover some Scotland's most beautiful hidden corners - clean air, rolling hills, forests, fast flowing rivers, towns and villages steeped in history. Includes two superb ridge walks without the effort of major climbs to reach the tops.

The Route

Day 1	Arrive Jedburgh	Good bus connections from Edinburgh. Ancient Abbey.
Day 2	Jedburgh to St. Boswell's (12 miles)	By the Teviot and Tweed rivers and a Roman road.
Day 3	St. Boswell's to Melrose (7.5 miles)	By the Eildon Hills or Dryburgh Abbey.
Day 4	Around Melrose	Explore the prettiest village in the Borders and the surrounding countryside.
Day 5	Melrose to Selkirk (7.5 miles)	By and old cattle drovers road.
Day 6	Selkirk to Innerleithen (13 miles)	A fine high level walk on an old drove road.
Day 7	Innerleithen to Peebles (13 or 6 miles)	Another fine high level walk, or a gentle stroll.
Day 8	Depart Peebles

The holiday starts at Jedburgh, which is easily reached by carfrom the ferry ports or by bus from Edinburgh. The town has its origins in the 12th century when monks started to build the Abbey which still dominates the town. A night in Jedburgh is followed by a day's walk (12 miles) along the banks of 3 different rivers, and on what was once a Roman road to the old market town of St. Boswell's, where youwill spend the second night.

The next day, you have a choice of walk (about 6 miles each). Both walks take you to Dryburgh Abbey in its magnificent setting by the banks of the River Tweed. One walk takes you through woodland and over the Eildon Hills, while the other keeps to lower ground and past the Roman site at Trimontium before arriving at Melrose. Two nights in Melrose gives you the chance to explore this old town, probably the most beautiful in the area, before walking by a choice of two routes (about 9 miles each) to Selkirk. One route goes back through the Eildon Hills, while the other follows the riverside and an old drove road past Abbotsford, the home of Sir Walter Scott which you can visit en-route.