Prepare for wide open spaces, empty glens and great rounded whalebacks of hills. For smaller, greener, friendlier hills go to Melrose and hike around the three hills of the Eildons, known by the Romans as Trimontium. Shame you don`t have much time, you could have read up on the history of the area by reading George MacDonald Fraser`s excellent book, "The Steel Bonnets". Beware the Hermitage lads, beware the Hermitage ! Further west, Glen Trool is nice, with hikes up in the Galloway Hills to the Merrick.
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