Scottish Borders

August 1979

A cycling trip made in August 1979 around the Scottish borders with school friend Mark Bell ("Dinger"). We stayed the first night at Northfieldhead Scout hut near Alnham, Northumberland and then at youth hostels: Melrose, Snoot (near Hawick) and Byrness. We rode 260 miles over 5 days.

The photos were taken on a Kodak Instamatic 126 camera. Additional shots are from Geograph and licenced under the Creative Commons cc-by-sa/2.0 licence.

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28 Aug 79
Setting off from home, Cullercoats
28 Aug 79
Near Whalton, Northumberland
28 Aug 79
Simonside Hills, Northumberland
29 Aug 79
Leaving Northfieldhad, near Alnham, Northumberland
29 Aug 79
Happy Valley, Northumberland
30 Aug 79
Tweed Valley on the B7060
30 Aug 79
River Tweed at Ashiestiel Bridge
30 Aug 79
South of Traquiar on the B709
30 Aug 79
On the B711, north of Craik Forest
5 Aug 78Photo © John Baker, Sep 1986
Snoot youth hostel
31 Aug 79
Near Hawick
31 Aug 79
Approaching Bonchester Bridge
31 Aug 79Photo © Dave Dunford, Jun 2005
Byrness youth hostel