Has anybody done the Romans and reivers ? Doing it with an elderly relative over two days . Our rough plan is two cars , one in Ae one dropped in Hawick . Over night in Moffat with Beer /curry . Any comments on the route ? Any pub recommendations in Moffat ? ta
For food I recommend booking Claudio’s. Really good Italian restaurant. The nearby pub at the bottom of the market square is ok, can’t recall the name (Might be the black bull).
Had a friend do it a few days ago, they did a slightly longer first day from Ae to Eskdalemuir (approx. 33 miles). Second day being only 25 miles to Hawick.
The first day was on better forest tracks, day 2 had more open fields and less tracks so he was glad they did the extra miles on day one. Both days taking about 4hrs (moving time).
Theres Annandale Cycles in Moffat if you need anything after day one.
I walked it over 3days last year. That was a mistake as its pretty dull for that pace. Mind you with wheels I'd expect a bit of hike-a-bike climbing up Garrogill to the south of Cowan Fell in Eskdalemuir. Also the bit up to Craik Cross Hill is a bit overgrown.
There was a bit of forestry work going on when I was passing through, but I emailed FLS who confirmed the route was fully open.
In reply to petegunn: I think I bumped into your mate when they were doing the car shuttle at Ae at the end . That’s where the idea came from .I chatted to the chap in the car not the two in the camper
In reply to dan bulman: thanks Dan / Pete . If anybody’s going to struggle it’ll be me , too much work and not much play at the moment . Flippin kids have to wait for me at top of climbs . “ elderly relative is indeed very fit . I ve stayed in a number of monasteries in India over the years and the elderly relative Could do with some repair to his karma but the idea was immediately rejected as bring too far from the pub . Short first day is to accommodate the inevitable keystone coppery that will ensue as we try to get 3 bikes and elderly relative dropped in Ae , bag dropped in Moffat , car dropped in Hawick , then us back to Ae . Good job there isn’t a pub in Ae.
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