All over the Scottish Borders there are miles of old railway tracks. Some of them like this stunning bridge at Leaderfoot on the A68 are world class views and incredible industrial archeology. This is not unique, there are a lot of bridges and viaducts, tunnels and walks, with views to knock your socks off.
This web site is devoted to exploring the railway tracks, documenting the history of these unique places, and giving detailed guides on the walks, with maps and directions. Not all are so easy to find or so well sign posted as this splendid example of 19th Century bridge building. This bridge crosses the Tweed, the most important river in the Borders. It crosses it at the point the Leader a smaller river joins the flow of the Tweed, hence the name Leaderfoot. The Leader runs through Earlston, famous for Thomas the Rhymer whose predictions have proved more accurate than those of Nostradamus. Thomas as legend has it fell in love with an Elvish Princess and was taken beneath the Eildon Hills for seven years. When he came back he was put under a spell, and could only talk in rhymes of the wonders he saw.
Well there is no spell on this web site and we intend to tell all.
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