The Tweed, the Moorfoot Hills, and the Lammermuir Hills

Tourist Attractions:

Start & Finish: Kelso

Approximate Distance: 170Miles

Kelso Abbey, Floors Castle, The source of the Tweed, Jim Clark Room

Route Overview:

An excellent few hours driving, that starts by chasing the Tweed out of Kelso along the sweeping A699 to Selkirk. The thirty-two miles of uninterrupted driving all the way to Moffat that follow are just as good, if not better. This is mainly because the A708 is always quiet with only a handful of cars seeming to use it. Then from Moffat it is the A701, the Devils Beef Tub, the best road in the Borders. Wide enough to enjoy in any car, the “Tub” should be the highlight of the day as it climbs out of Moffat and runs north along the tweed. Following this incredible thirty miles, there is time to pause for breath on the always-busy A72, before charging again onto another deserted classic, the A709 across the Moorfoot Hills. After this, the route crosses the A7, then, the A68, before heading over to Gifford for the last long empty stretch of the day, the B6355 over the Lammermuir Hills. They provide some awesome scenery and a stunning thirty miles drive over their humps and bumps, before heading into Duns and a chance to visit the Jim Clark room. The route finally returns to Kelso via some wide and flowing roads.

 Route Directions:

From	Kelso					Follow	signposts to	A699 Selkirk
At the	A68	after	10	miles on the	A699	Cross the Intersection	following signposts to	Selkirk
		after	9	miles on the	A699	Turn Right	Signpost	A7 Selkirk
At	Selkirk	after	1	mile on the	A7	Follow	signposts to	A708 Moffat (turning in centre of town)
At	Moffat	after	32	miles on the	A708	Follow	signposts to	A701 Peebles
		after	23	miles on the	A701	Turn Right	Signpost	B712 Stobo
At the	A72	after	7.5	miles on the	B712	Turn Right	Signpost	A72 Peebles
In	Peebles	after	3	miles on the	A72	Continue	following signposts to	A72 Innerleithen
In	Innerleithen	after	7	miles on the	A72	Turn Left	Signpost	B709 Colquhar
		after	10	miles on the	B709	Turn Right	Signpost	B709 Heriot
At the	A7	after	4	miles on the	B709	Turn Right	Signpost	A7 Galashiels
		after	2	miles on the	A7	Turn Left	Signpost	B6368 Gilston
At the	A68	after	5	miles on the	B6368	Turn Left	Signpost	A68 Edinburgh
		after	0.5	miles on the	A68	Turn Right	Signpost	B6368 Humbie, Gifford
		after	7	miles on the	B6368	Turn Right	Signpost	B6355 Gifford
In	Gifford	after	2	miles on the	B6355	Continue	following signposts to	B6355 Danskine, Cranshaws, or Ellemford
At the	A6112 (Preston)	after	21	miles on the	B6355	Turn Right	Signpost	A6112 Duns
In	Duns	after	3	miles on the	A6112	Turn Right	Signpost	A6105 Greenlaw
In	Greenlaw	after	7	miles on the	A6105	Turn Right	Signpost	A697 Edinburgh
In	Greenlaw	after	0.5	miles on the	A697	Turn Left	Signpost	A6105 Gordon, Earlston
		after	1	mile on the	A6105	Turn Left	Signpost	B6364 Stichill, Kelso
At the	A6089	after	7	miles on the	B6364	Turn Left	Signpost	A6089 Kelso
End at	Kelso	after	1	mile on the	A6089

List of Recomended Drives:
The Northumberland Coast and the Cheviot Valleys
The Tweed, the Moorfoot Hills, and the Lammermuir Hills
The Tweed and the Cheviots
The Kelso Monster (and the Monster’s tail)
The East Roman and Kielder Loop
The West Roman and Kielder Water Loop
The Extended Roman and Kielder Loop
Index of all roads tested
Complete Road Index
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