Pic - on Dundreich, realising that we are now further away from Innerleithen than our starting point...With May having five Sundays this year, and Scotland sweltering in 24C+ temperatures, we had decided to do a hill run from Eddleston to Innerleithen.
The most direct route took in Dunslair Heights and then onto the main ridge culminating in Lee Pen...but Wull had other ideas....
From Eddleston we headed northwest (Innerleithen is southeast !) and picked our way over Milky Law to Dundreich. From Dundreich, we headed southeast over some peat hags before picking up the windmill access roads leading up to Bowbeat Hill - very dry and dusty; it could have been the foothills of the Sierra Nevada....
The route then dropped down to Craighope picking up the upper reaches of the Leithen Water before joining ther B709 Innerleithen to Heriot road a few miles north of the Innerleithen Golf Club.
The Peebles and Cardrona 'softies' called it a day here (unfortunately the bar was closed so we could not rack up drinks on Mike's golf club bar tab) and phoned for a lift home.
The Innerleithern and Walkerburn hardmen and women continued down the road for a further mile or so back to the town.
Another grand day out....
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