Welcome
2009 saw the Scottish Borders Walking Festival taking strides towards an ambitious new approach to celebrating our local natural and cultural history. Linking events to Homecoming Scotland and to our reiving history gave the walks a novel flavour and attracted a new and younger audience.
This year, we plan to build on the successes of last year and, as Convenor of the Southern Uplands Partnership, it gives me great pleasure to introduce you to the 2010 Scottish Borders Walking Festival. The 2010 Festival is centred on the wonderful Tweed Valley and again we are
offering a range of walks and activities to suit all ages and levels of experience.
The walks will take you along ancient byways and drove roads into some of the best scenery in Scotland. Our rangers and volunteer walk leaders will share with you their knowledge of the Scottish Borders’ rich culture and history and our varied programme of social events celebrates the region’s excellent food, skilled musicianship, artists and innovative businesses.
We sincerely hope that you will come and experience what we have to offer and go home with good memories of your time here. Please let us know how we could improve things because we are keen to ensure that the Scottish Borders Walking Festival remains one of the best of its kind and your feedback would be much appreciated. You can provide your comments by email here.
Sir Michael Strang Steel Bt. CBE