Melrose to Traquair - Another lovely day, this time heading West along part of the Southern Upland Way. Again a riverside start along the Tweed, followed by a 2 mile climb to a hill called The Three Brethren, with fabulous views in every direction - a full 360 degree panorama of stunningly beautiful hills, valleys, woods and forests.The Southern Upland Way was an excellent path, firm underfoot and not a bog to be seen (or fallen into). We saw a deer and a pair of red coated hares and we thoroughly enjoyed our third day in Scotland and passed the 800 mile point, two thirds of the way.
Since starting our epic journey we seem to have kept pace with Spring. In Cornwall we had bluebells in the woods, 2 weeks later in the Midlands we had them again and today, nearly 5 weeks on, we ran through a wonderful wood full of bluebells and have effectively extended Spring by moving north at the same rate as the seasons.
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