head for the hills Scotland's video: Scottish National Trail - Stage 1 Kirk Yetholm to Harestanes

The Scottish National Trail is a 536 mile/864 km-long long distance walking route running the length of Scotland from Kirk Yetholm to Cape Wrath. The Trail offers very varied walking, following long-established footpaths for much of the distance but becoming progressively more difficult as it heads north, finishing with a tough stretch of backpacking - with some pathless and demanding terrain - on the final stretch of the Cape Wrath Trail. Early June, 2018, I took a few days out to complete the first 4 stages of the Scottish National Trail between Kirk Yetholm and Peebles. I actually started from Berwick-on-Tweed, England after catching the Penzance cross country train from Glasgow Central. I walked the Northumberland Coastal path as far as Lindisfarne where I then followed the St. Cuthberts Way to Kirk Yetholm, taking up 6 days in total. I'll return to Peebles at some point (hopefully this year) and continue through Edinburgh and across central Scotland when I have managed to save some money, as the next few stages may require overnight accommodation. I didn't film the sections between Berwick-on-Tweed and Kirk Yetholm because (a) it was boring and (b) it was not part of the SNT. Hope you enjoy the videos and there will be more of the SNT to come once I have the funding. Stage 1 I cover approx. 14 miles of the trail and find a suitable camping area about 4 miles short of Harestanes. In the next video, I make my way towards Melrose and set up camp between the Eildon Hills. MAP OS EXPLORER OL16 https://amzn.to/2xiqioB SNT Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkKzcFZf5cR0tDigyg7pcV-lIZhsrZ4V- Follow on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/headforthehillsscotland/ Follow on Twitter https://twitter.com/head4hills100/ Follow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/hermit.hill/ If you would like to support my channel, please use the Paypal or Patreon links below. Paypal.me https://www.paypal.me/headforthehills/ Support me on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/headforthehillsscotland/