Across Hawick from Stirches
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Image: © Jim Barton Taken: 23 Mar 2011
Like many textile towns, Hawick has grown around a river valley, in this case the Teviot and its tributary the Slitrig Water. The minor road in view across the valley goes through Ormiston.