Category: news
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An Introduction to Midlothian and The Borders…
Trains connect people to towns and cities, but they also connect us to places unknown and unvisited. New train services can open up and reveal those parts of a country often bypassed and unexplored by the motorist. So it is with the Borders Railway. Opened in 2015, its success has exceeded expectations with passenger numbers…
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A Few Tales…
Deciding which routes to include in a book like this is a process of trial and error. We relied on OS maps, online searches and other walking guides to help orientate us and to allow us to work out possible routes. What we quickly learnt however was that there is no substitute for feet on…
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Review: Border Telegraph
This review was originally published in the Border Telegraph in November 2020 TWO friends have written a book about their favourite walks around the three Borders railway stations. Galashiels residents Brian Gould and Forbes Shepherd have been walking together in the Borders for more than 20 years and were “keen” to pass on some of their…
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Review: Southern Reporter
This review was originally published in the Southern Reporter in November 2020 Rail buffs print a ticket to walk in their shoes. Borderers with boots made for walking are invited to celebrate the beauty and magnificence of routes between the region’s railway stations. Walking buddies Brian Gould and Forbes Shepherd, both from Galashiels, have collaborated…
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