Scottish Borders

A cycling trip made in August 1978 around the Scottish borders with school friend Mark Linklater. We stayed at: Rock Hall hostel, Kirk Yetholm hostel, "The Moon" in the Lammermuir Hills, Melrose hostel, Byrness hostel and Acomb hostel. We rode 300 miles over 6½ days.

We didn't have a camera so the photos are from contemporary sources. Most are from Geograph, licenced under the Creative Commons cc-by-sa/2.0 licence.

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5 Aug 78© Anthony Foster, Apr 2021
Warkworth Castle

5 Aug 78© Ian Capper, Sep 2020
Boulmer

5 Aug 78© Russel Wills, May 2013
RAF Boulmer

5 Aug 78© David Hillas, Jun 1980
Rock Hall youth hostel

5 Aug 78© John Baker, Sep 1984
Rock Hall youth hostel

6 Aug 78© Richard Webb, Feb 2008
Hepburn Moor

6 Aug 78© J Thomas, Jun 2016
Chillingham Post Office

6 Aug 78Aug 1979
Happy Valley ford

6 Aug 78© habiloid, Sep 2021
Market Place, Wooler

6 Aug 78Nov 2018
Yetholm

6 Aug 78© Yetholm History Soc
Kirk Yetholm youth hostel

6 Aug 78© Jules, Jul 2018
Kirk Yetholm youth hostel

7 Aug 78© Graham Robson, Sep 2014
Duns

7 Aug 78© Jim Barton, Jul 2018
Abbey St Bathans

7 Aug 78© Richard Webb, Mar 2020
Paitshill Farm on Dunglass Common, Lammermuir Hills

8 Aug 78© Peter Wood, Oct 2015
Westruther

8 Aug 78© Richard Webb, Jul 2006
Legerwood

8 Aug 78© Russel Wills, Sep 2021
Eildon Hill North

8 Aug 78© Border Telegraph, Jan 2012
Melrose youth hostel

9 Aug 78© Richard Webb, Aug 2015
A6088 near the border

9 Aug 78© Ben Brooksbank, Mar 1989
Carter Bar, 418 m

9 Aug 78© Mat Fascione, Apr 2018
Catcleugh Reservoir

9 Aug 78© Dave Dunford, Jun 2005
Byrness youth hostel

10 Aug 78© Oliver Dixon, Sep 2021
Gunstone

10 Aug 78© Russel Wills, July 2014
Bellingham

10 Aug 78© Russel Wills, May 2019
Wark

10 Aug 78© John Martin, May 2005
Acomb youth hostel

11 Aug 78© Mike Quinn, Apr 2009
The Military Road (B6318)

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