Friday, 25 May 2018
St Cuthbert's Way
Kirk Yetholm → Wooler
Distance: 13.53 miles
Ascent: 707 metres
Duration: 4 hours 50 minutes
Scotland to England
« Not walked | Not walked »
The first thing the B&B owner asked us last night was, "Do you know how you're leaving Kirk Yetholm?"
This village may be the northern end of one of Britain's best known trails but it doesn't have particularly good transport links. What it does have though is another long distance path.
So today, a day after finishing the only National Trail that crosses into Scotland, we're embarking on the only one of Scotland's Great Trails that enters England — St Cuthbert's Way.
The section from Kirk Yetholm to Wooler is right in the middle of St Cuthbert's Way, which runs from Melrose to Lindisfarne. It follows the Pennine Way south for a couple of miles before heading east at the border.
The rest of the walk was across moorland and along gentle valleys in the shadow of the Cheviot: a perfect way to wind down after a week of heavy walking.
We head home tomorrow, but we'll be back to cross the border again soon. After all, we may have nearly completed the National Trails of England and Wales, but Scotland has twenty-nine Great Trails for us to explore.