News & events

Marie Curie Charity Walk - 1 April 2012
The Melrose Paths Group in conjunction with Walking Support organised a 10K charity walk in support of Marie Curie Cancer Care. This was a new element added to the Annual Daffodil walk held in Melrose each spring. This guided walk attracted over 90 walkers who were looking for a greater challenge and walking experience to the pipe band led 1 mile "Field of Hope" event. The 10K walk followed Route 5 of the Paths Around Melrose and the Paths Group were delighted with the large number of participants on the day.

Below are some images taken from this successful event.

Heading out towards Kaeside		Below Abbotsford
Walking by the Tweed		Walking the daffodil "Mile of Hope"

Launch Event and Weekend Walking Festival - 2011
To mark the successful award the "Melrose Path Group" arranged and ran a Weekend Walking Festival from Friday 29th April to Sunday 1st May. Walkers both visitor and local were invited and experienced some great walks, friendship and weather.
The programme was follows:-

• Friday 28th April - Evening reception (7.30 pm) at the Eildon Suite, Melrose Rugby Football Club.
• Saturday 29th April
  • Half day short guided walk
  • Full day long guided walk
• Sunday 1st May
  • May Day ascent of the Eildon Hills
  • Half day short guided walk
  • Full day long guided walk

Below are some images of the weekend.

Saturday walk - On top of Black Hill		Saturday walkers - Leaving registration
Sunday walk - Bowden Common		Sunday walkers - On the Eildon Hills

WAW Status - 2010
The Melrose Paths Group have been the driving force behind the successful application to receive "Walkers Are Welcome" status for Melrose. In support of the bid were the Melrose Community Council, The Melrose Traders Association, the Local councillors along with official at Scottish Borders Council and several hundred local signatories. With the already significant work undertaken by the Paths Group over previous years the Melrose community already had a well developed and maintained paths network and the town was well acquainted with the walking visitor. This new accolade will be the stimulus to develop this already important part of our visitor service to even greater heights.

Approval of the application and receipt of the "Walkers Are Welcome certificate" was received in August 2010.

Paths around Melrose booklet
The third edition of this popular publication is available and if you are wanting more information on this publication click on this link.

Further assistance and comment
We hope that you have found all the information you require on this website. We hope that it has been enough to encourage you to come to Melrose and to enjoy some if not all of the wonderful walks that this area has to offer. If you still have questions or enquiries or you wish to make any comments on the website or the walks you should send them to the Melrose Path Group by clicking on this e-mail link.

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