Broughton Heights

The forecast for today was quite good, sunny in the morning and rain from the south later in the afternoon. So we decided to risk a wee hillwalk, and headed to the lovely wee village of Broughton in the Scottish Borders, just over the border from South Lanarkshire. In this area is the John Buchan Way, named after the author of 'Thirty Nine Steps' among others, who was also the Governor General of Canada in the past.

Leaving the carpark, we headed thru the gate and started up the track. After passing some forestry and crossing Hollows Burn, we looked for the gap in the heather on the hillside to the left and headed uphill. To the right is the John Buchan Way. Higher up the heather is deeper, but not for long as when the fence along the hill's crest is gained, a path following the fence is met. We followed the fence over Clover Law and down to gate at the bealach beyond. The ground begins to become less heather-clad aiming up the path to Broomy Side and it's on pleasant grass covered terrain continuing over Green Law to the trig point on Wether Law, the highest point on Broughton Heights at about 1800 ft.

It was quite cold and slightly windy, not too bad, but the sun had faded by now and it looked like rain, so after a few pictures we headed back the way we came, and made it back to the car before the rain came on heavily.

Thoroughly enjoyed being out in the fresh air and as always loved going up the hills, the views from the trig point were fantastic, and there is always a great sense of achievement when I reach a trig point, no matter what the height.

Had a bite to eat in the car (we didn't stop on the hill as we wanted to get down before getting a soaking) and then headed home to a nice plate of home made soup before I made the rest of the dinner.

I hope you all had as nice a Sunday!