We walked from the campsite along the road to Rowhope Burn and we started the ascent to the border ridge up Hindside Knowe. It was hot in the sun but windy again
On the way to Rowhope Burn
On the way up Hindside Knowe on the path known as The Street
Tindale Law left above the road to Blindburn
The view of our descent down to Trows from the day before
Shorthope Hill is on the right with Windy Gyle in the middle of the shot
The view south east from Hindside Knowe
Carshope Plantation left, Broadside Law in the middle
Looking down at Carshope
Still a long way to the border ridge
On the descent of Swineside Law, Black Braes ahead
We hadn't climbed it mind, the path circles around the flank of it on the right. I'd spotted cattle and lots of them to the left of us on the hillsides we had planned to come down off the ridge later. They were on Lamb Hill and Yearning Law so I started thinking of an alternate route to avoid them. The walk was long enough as it was and it could add another 2 or 3 miles if we came down over Deels Hill.
Looking back at Swineside Law from Black Braes
Windy Gyle
The Schill, The Cheviot and Windy Gyle from the path to Mozie Law
Mozie Law summit
Lunch time view, north into Scotland
Well we were already in Scotland as we had dropped down over the other side of the border fence to get out of the wind for lunch. We were tired it had seemed much longer than the 4.5 miles we'd walked so far. During lunch we decided to avoid the cows and not go over Beefstand Hill and Lamb Hill but head east toward Windy Gyle and descend to Barrowburn via Little Ward Law and Barrow Law
View south from the border ridge path
On the way to Windy Gyle, this time from the west
The Schill and The Cheviot
On the Windy Gyle bypass path
We felt pretty jaded so we didn't go on the summit
Middle Hill and Shillhope Law from Little Ward Law
Murder Cleugh
The shot is a little blurred because the grass was dancing about in the wind. The sign says "Murder Cleugh, Here in 1610, Robert Lumsden killed Isabella Sudden". A google revealed he only spent a month in prison
On Barrow Law
We spotted cattle ahead near the path. We couldn't believe it after we had changed the route to avoid the cows from earlier and we were less than a mile from Barrowburn Farm. The cattle turned out to be 2 young males that were very timid but curious. They had moved out of the way as we descended the path but peeped over the edge of the hill to keep looking at us, they were cute.
On the descent of Barrow Law
Almost back to Barrowburn Farm
Can you spot our tent under the trees? It is in a beautiful setting this campsite but it has basic facilities compared to some of the posher campsites we have stayed on. We were tired by the time we got back but it had been a grand day out. Our route was Barrowburn Farm - Rowhope Burn - The Street - Black Braes - Mozie Law - Windy Gyle bypass - Scotchman's Ford - Little Ward Law - Murder Cluegh - Barrow Law - Barrowburn Farm. 9.9 miles with 631m ascent. We left Barrowburn just after 9am the following day to drive back home. We felt too tired to do another walk! We will be back to the Cheviots again but we may wild camp the next time, we do prefer that to staying on campsites.