Melrose and windmills (W)

Another route from home, this time down towards Stow and the windmills at Longpark. Long haul up out of Stow, 600 ft in a mile, which I think works out at a constant 1 in 12 for a mile....

From Melrose and windmills

The road goes very close to the new wind farm at Longpark; they are huge, elegant and bit spooky, all at the same time....

From Melrose and windmills

At Langshaw, we thought that a bit of a detour down to Merose was in order, so off down there for lunch. The route back to Lauder included a welcome stop for coffee and then into the hills to try and link Threeburnford with Middletoun; we did it (just) but the track was very well hidden ....