From Graham Hill

No nights off and nearly full last and next weekends means G and G have been busy. The weather has been unsettled; normally the local river, the Bowmont, is 150 yards away but by last Saturday evening it was but 25 yards from, but no risk to the hostel. And G's night was disturbed as the chopper lifted five walkers off from the top of the valley. Today things were almost back to normal so it was time for a ride through puddles past lakes that weren't there last week. The bridge at Clifton a mile down the road was still being repaired as we past on the way to Morebattle. After crossing the Teviot on a suspension bridge, we turned left to Nisbet and up the hill past the Waterloo Monument to Maxton. A back road signposted Benrig Cemetery was our St Bothwells bypass. First left after the Tweed crossing led us steeply uphill to Sir Walter Scott's favourite view of the Tweed meandering beneath the Eildon Hills. From there it was flat to Smailholm and then a gentle descent into Kelso where the hostel's takings were banked, and refreshments savoured in The Square. A ride along the riverbank beside the swollen Tweed led to the new Kelso bridge and thence backroads to the hostel on a route well signposted by the local council - about 44 miles
The Warden (Graham)
Kirk Yetholm SYHA Hostel,