Name: COLDSTREAM BORDER ADVENTURE 21 MILES APPROX. CIRCULAR HIKE
Start: 2024-09-21T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-21T19:15:00+01:00

COLDSTREAM, CORNHILL, ETAL AND FORD, TAKING IN RIVER TWEED AND RIVER TILL WITH VISIITS TO TWIZZEL CASTLE, TWIZZEL BRIDGE AND ST CUTHBERTS CHAPEL.

A 21 MILES CIRCULAR VENTURE OVER THE BORDER INTO NORTHUMBERLAND STARTING/FINISHING COLDSTREAM.

WE WILL STOP AT ETAL FOR FOOD/DRINK.

A long and moderate graded route on grass, dirt, forest and tarnacadam trails.
Many parts are overgrown and tracks could be difficult to find.. Wear shorts at your peril!!!!!!! You must be up for an adventure and be comfortable walking at an average pace of 2.5/3 miles per hour.

Coldstream lies on the north bank of the [River Tweed](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Tweed "River Tweed") in [Berwickshire](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berwickshire "Berwickshire"), while [Northumberland](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumberland "Northumberland") in England lies to the south bank, with [Cornhill-on-Tweed](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornhill-on-Tweed "Cornhill-on-Tweed") the nearest village. At the 2001 census, the town had a population of 1,813, which was estimated to have risen to 2,050 by 2006.
Coldstream is the location where [Edward I of England](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I_of_England "Edward I of England") invaded Scotland in 1296. In February 1316 during the [Wars of Scottish Independence](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_Scottish_Independence "Wars of Scottish Independence"), [Sir James Douglas](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Douglas,_Lord_of_Douglas "James Douglas, Lord of Douglas") defeated a numerically superior force of Gascon soldiery led by [Edmond de Caillou](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_de_Caillou "Edmond de Caillou") at the [Skaithmuir](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Skaithmuir "Battle of Skaithmuir") to the north of the town. In 1650 [General](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/General "General") [George Monck](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Monck "George Monck") founded the [Coldstream Guards](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldstream_Guards "Coldstream Guards") regiment (a part of the [Guards Division](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guards_Division "Guards Division"), [Foot Guards](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_Guards "Foot Guards") [regiments](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiment "Regiment") of the [British Army](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army "British Army")). It is one of two regiments of the [Household Division](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_Division "Household Division") that can trace its lineage to the [New Model Army](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Model_Army "New Model Army"). Monck led the regiment to London, helping to enable [the Restoration](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Restoration "Stuart Restoration") of [King Charles II](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England "Charles II of England").[\[6\]](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldstream#cite_note-6)

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