Sunday 31 December 2017

A Borders Christmas

To the Borders for Christmas. Berwickshire and Roxburghshire. Frost and snow and a black wind out a blue sky, cosy homes with crackling fires overlooked by craggy castles.

Fatlips castle on a crag above Denholm, Roxburghshire:


The days after Christmas we climbed Rubers Law. We started in the village of Denholm, parking by the green, a single rugby goalpost for practice.



Above the village a muddy, but frozen track led to a forest, from where we could see our objective: Rubers Law, a miniature peak rising 340m above the village.



The snow deepened and we made our first snowballs of the year, before climbing to a stand of trees with a magical outlook over Teviotdale.



From the top The Cheviot came into view and the whole range of snowclad Cheviot Hills on the southern horizon, marking the border with England.



What a glorious place to be! If this would be our last decent walk of 2017 (it wasn't - we also went to St Abbs Head) then it was a cracker to end the year on.

Descending Rubers Law:


May 2018 bring you much joy and interest: I certainly intend that to be the case for me.

2 comments:

blueskyscotland said...

Nice photos. I like that part of Scotland as it's different. Happy New Year.

zinnia306 said...

The magical stand of trees is now (for me) best of show for 2017. It caught my eye before I read it was magical - that's how magical it is. Happy New Year, Robert! Here's to having (and sharing!) more excellent adventures and bagging the hills. Z