THIS year's Reivers Festival Sunday morning walk will set off from the Common Haugh and take in the sights and stories surrounding Goldielands, Whitchesters and the Allan Haugh Tower.
Event organisers John Hope and Stuart Marshall have tried and tested the route through Hawick's reiver countryside, and walkers are asked to note that the trek starts at the earlier time of 8.45am, while along the way there will be three special stop
s when Ian Landles will give some historical background to that particular spot.
The walk, which takes place on Sunday, March 28, will set off through Wilton Lodge Park and onto Martin's Bridge, from where the group will head on to the hill to Goldielands Tower and the first of Ian's talks.
The route then crosses the Allan for the return journey via the road to Southfield, Whitchesters Farm and down through the track at Goldielands, crossing the A7 via Wilton Lodge Park, where, if time allows, the group will take a short break at the 16th-century encampment.
Reivers festival walk organisers John Hope, left, and Stuart Marshall. Photograph: Alistair Learmonth
