Windlestraw Law from Thornylee.

[rogers]

A long but enjoyable walk down in the Scottish borders, I left the car in the large car park at Thornylee Craigs which is a couple of miles outside Walkerburn and set off at 12 o'clock heading up through the woods until I reached the fence line then turned left and more or less followed the fence/dyke all the way to Seathope Law then down to the track leading up onto Seathope Rig for the final long climb up to Windlestraw Law, I made a slight variation on the return and arrived back at the car just after 18.30, 5hrs 17 walking and 1hr 17 for rests. It was pretty easy going with a 4x4 track following the line of the fence most of the way, weather was a bit cloudy on way out and nice and sunny on the return.

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at the start

unusual carving

view to walkerburn with innerleithen in the distance

the way ahead, windlestraw law is the most distant hill

left track leads up onto seathope rig

a rather angry crow stuck in a trap, first time i've come across this !

looking back down seathope rig with seathope law beyond

windlestraw law trig point

its me

eildon hills

i'm always amazed at the craft and workmanship of the dry stane dykes in the borders

although this does spoil the scenery a wee bit.

only 500m to go.

the happy couple again from a different angle

[Milesy]

What happened to the Craw then?

[FloozySuzie]

When i first read it i though it said cow. I was quite puzzled for a few seconds.

[weedavie]

Some of the wettest walks I've done have been here and in the Moorfoots. However if I ever got as far as Windlestraw I'd not be able to resist going the kilometre north to Deaf Heights as a homage to that great Edinburgh dance band of the '80s, the Deaf Heights Cajun Aces.