Tell someone you're going off to Scotland to walk the Southern Upland
Way and they'll probably look at you rather blankly before starting to
tell you about Great Aunt Mabel's recent hip operation. Even in walking
circles, it's not exactly a well known trail.
Which is why,
when Andrew Bowden told anyone who would listen that he was going to
Scotland to walk the Southern Upland Way, everyone looked at him blankly
and started telling him about Great Aunt Mabel's recent hip operation.
Seems a lot of people have a Great Aunt Mabel.
Still
that didn't put him off writing about his experiences as he strode
across from one side of Scotland's border region to the other. So join
Andrew as he walks from Portpatrick to Cockburnspath with just an
extremely large rucksack, a bright red tent and some dodgy packets of
pasta to keep him company.
As for Great Aunt Mabel? Well her hip operation seemed to go okay.