From Traquair Kirk our route takes us westwards up the Glen to Glenshiel Banks (minor road/farm tracks). By moorland track we climb southwards to Blackhouse Forest, and thence by forest tracks to Blackhouse Tower. We return to Traquair Kirk along the Southern Upland Way. This walk ties in with Alastair Learmont’s talk on 'Robert Mathison and the Innerleithen Alpine Club' on Friday 10th at 7pm.