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Dist:0.5km<br/>Viewed from the B6400 road. The large house on the left, complete with turrets, would appear to be a recent addition to the area.
©Walter Baxter
Dist:0.5km<br/>A view just beyond Bewlie
©james denham
Dist:0.7km<br/>Winter barley at Bewliehill - 'braird' is a Scottish word describing the emergence and establishment of a cereal crop.
©M J Richardson
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Dist:0.8km<br/>In the Scottish Borders.
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©Walter Baxter
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©Walter Baxter
Dist:0.9km<br/>The track leading to the entrance to the farm.
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©M J Richardson
Dist:1.0km<br/>View NE, towards St Boswells and Edinburgh; Edinburgh (Waverley) - Galashiels - St Boswells - Hawick - Carlisle (Waverley Route) Main line. Belses Station closed on 6/1/69, when the whole route (between Portobello East Junction and Carlisle No. 3 Box) was closed to passengers. Goods Edinburgh - Hawick (mainly coal from Lady Victoria Pit to Portobello contined until 28/4/69 and Newtongrange - Millerhill remained intact until 28/6/72; while Longtown -Brunthill lasted until 31/8/70, leaving only Brunthill -Carlisle open for goods. The closure of the Waverley Route was one of the most drastic of the Beeching Period, affecting the whole of Border Counties. It was justified on the grounds of there being alternative Anglo-Scottish through routes, while the switch of rail traffic to road in a sparsely populated area had virtually oblterated the demand for local transport by rail. In the past 40 years, 'express' bus services have ben deemed adequate to serve the population of the Borders towns such as Hawick who are very young or very old and have no cars. However, as is well known, a new railway between Edinburgh and Galashiels is about to be built and consideration is being giveb to reopening the whole Waverley Route eventually.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:1.0km<br/>Possible to cycle through with this level of water.
©Callum Black
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©Walter Baxter
Dist:1.1km northeast<br/>This track Which leads to the holding stands virtually parallel with the entrance to Longnewton Mill Farm on the corner of the minor road between Longnewton and Bewlie.
©james denham
Dist:1.2km south<br/>Viewed from the minor road to Old Belses.
©Walter Baxter
Dist:1.3km northwest<br/>On minor road south of Cavers Carre
©james denham

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