A lochside stretch of the Southern Upland Way past the Borders' largest natural loch, with the Yarrow and Megget hills rising behind. Easygoing walking rather than a summit push, good for a half-day out.
Coast-to-coast long-distance route section, well-known and legal.
Car park at St Mary's Loch (near Tibbie Shiels Inn site) on the A708.
Southern Upland Way waymarked path runs along the loch shore.
Moffat Hills, near Moffat
A 60m hanging-valley waterfall reached by a steep NTS path, with the option to continue up to Loch Skeen. Wild goats live on th…
Moffat Hills
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Innerleithen
Where the Leithen meets the Tweed at Innerleithen, with placid channels near the confluence and a deeper pool further up by an …