{"id":7679,"date":"2025-09-11T15:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoenixwalks.xyz\/?p=7679"},"modified":"2025-09-11T15:10:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:10:38","slug":"250829","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/phoenixwalks.xyz\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/250829\/","title":{"rendered":"250829"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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29 – 08 – 25\u00a0 \u00a0 KIRK YETHOLM<\/strong><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Distance 15.8 Km\u00a0 (9.8 miles)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ascent\u00a0 \u00a0236 m\u00a0 (774 ft)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Average moving speed\u00a0 4.4 Km\/hr\u00a0 (2.73 mph)\u00a0 \u00a0 Start\u00a0 10.17 am\u00a0 \u00a0Finish\u00a0 16.14 pm<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Nine of us left the coaches at Kirknewton in fine weather with a mix of blue sky and cloud.\u00a0 With Florence as leader, she led the way E to the road turn and took the road\/track heading NE.\u00a0 After passing some cottages, a little further on she took the RoW heading N across a field and made her way towards the visible footbridge.\u00a0 After crossing the footbridge we turned left onto a minor road and made our way to Lanton Mill where we stopped for coffee.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>

After our coffee stop, we took the left hand fork and followed a grassy track initially WSW and then opposite West Newton on the other side of the Bowmont Water it turned N and became a footpath.\u00a0\u00a0 We followed this almost invisible FP along the top of an embankment until we reached the point where after crossing a small stream it turned uphill to Crookhouse.\u00a0 We dropped down to the river bank along a minor path and headed for the footbridge.\u00a0 After crossing the bridge and having a group photo, we proceeded to Canno Mill.\u00a0 As we passed the cottages at Canno Mill, a lady greeted us and asked where we were going (in a friendly way).\u00a0 When we showed her the map, she warned us that the path along by the river was very overgrown mainly with nettles but we were welcome to try it.\u00a0 Florence and I discussed it and Florence decided to give it a try as we felt there were problems with the alternatives.\u00a0 Suffice to say that the lady was correct as we waded through waist high nettles with no visible path even though the GPS\u2019s showed we were on the RoW.\u00a0 This lasted for almost 500 m.\u00a0\u00a0 I think everyone, including those in long trousers was badly stung.\u00a0 Eventually when we came to a fence, the route on the other side was across short grass \u2013 welcome relief.\u00a0 Passing a small almost dried up lake, we then came to a footbridge which we crossed into Reedsford.\u00a0 At Reedsford we joined a metalled track heading NW.\u00a0 This brought us to the B 6351 road which we followed SSW to Kilham.\u00a0 We then continued SSW on a minor road heading up the attractive Elsdon Burn valley.\u00a0\u00a0 After about 1Km, where a track heads off on the right and there is a wood, we stopped on a grassy bank for lunch.\u00a0 At this point we were a bit wary as a walk last year had been told a similar grassy bank in this valley was private and the walkers should get back on the road.\u00a0 Sure enough, a few minutes later a quad bike came along the road and we waited for the well dressed guy to stop, but he didn\u2019t, so we carried on with lunch and in the case of one of the ladies, a sunbathe.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>

After lunch, we continued SW along the road, passing some attractive buildings at Thompsons Walls where the road became more of a track.\u00a0 A bit further on, just before Old Sheilings, the main track turned SE but a grassy track carried straight on.\u00a0 We took the grassy track which became a RoW footpath a little further on.\u00a0 This turned WSW and then descended down a gentle hill to the Countrup Sike (a burn) which formed the border beween England and Scotland.\u00a0 The burn and the path turned NW and we continued along the path until we reached a minor road.\u00a0 Turning left SW onto the road brought us into Scotland and to the hamlet of Yetholm Mains.\u00a0 Just before the first building, we had our afternoon stop on a grassy bank with a wall as backrest, excellent views of the Northern Cheviots and glorious sunshine. \u00a0After our stop, it was an easy 2 Km flat walk SW along the quiet road running at the base of the northern Cheviots into Kirk Yetholm.<\/span><\/p>

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A very enjoyable walk, with good scenery and excellent weather.\u00a0 Thanks Florence.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0Click on any photo to view full screen.\u00a0 \u00a0 Move through the gallery using the\u00a0 \u00a0<\u00a0 >\u00a0 arrows.<\/p>

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