Walking The Pennine Way When I Was Eleven: Stage 18 - Cheviot Camp to Kirk Yetholm
Start: Cheviot Camp Finish: Kirk Yetholm Distance Walked: 23 miles Total Distance Walked: 263 miles We were up at dawn to begin the long trek through the Cheviot hills and complete the Pennine Way. Much of the early part of the day was very close to the Border Fence between England and Scotland with views of the hills and valleys. We saw a mountain shelter hut in the distance. The path was decent, on grass and with the lack of rain wasn't too boggy. We saw very few people although as we neared the Cheviot later in the morning we weren't completely alone. The Cheviot is the highest point in the eponymous range of hills and lies a mile off the main Pennine Way route. The area around it is featureless and quite uninspiring with the summit rumoured to be wet and peaty. We weren't tempted to make the detour to the top and back. We climbed the last hill in England, Windy Gyle, before crossing the border for the last time and entering Scotland for good. ...