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A7 Ladhope Vale and the Borders Railway, Galashiels
Work has started on the old Waverley Line (in view here on the left) to re-lay track from Edinburgh to Tweedbank. The sign on the left gives notice of advance works on the Borders Railway.
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 16 Apr 2013
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Borders Railway passes Asda
Heading for the terminus at Tweedbank Station on a driver training run.
Image: © Russel Wills
Taken: 29 Jun 2015
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Borders Railway construction work in Galashiels
These stone masons are building a stone cladding against a concrete retaining wall in Ladhope Vale. The new railway will run between the concrete wall and the existing brick retaining wall in the background.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 30 Oct 2014
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The former Ladhope Kirk.
The sad old building was once a kirk then latterly a fitness centre but is now abandoned. Renovation work is being carried out at the adjacent church hall.
Image: © James Denham
Taken: 31 Oct 2008
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Chapel Street, Galashiels
Stone cottages with a path alongside and the former Ladhope Kirk in the background. Compare with
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Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 6 Feb 2015
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Ladhope Vale, Galashiels
Viewed from the new station.
Image: © John Lucas
Taken: 26 Jan 2018
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Autumn colours in the High Road Park, Galashiels
The autumn tints have been wonderful this year.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 1 Nov 2015
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A late Red Admiral butterfly
I photographed this butterfly in early November at the High Road Park in Galashiels. It is fairly unusual to see them this late in the year but the weather had been unseasonably mild of late.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 1 Nov 2015
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The Black Path at Ladhope Vale
This footpath, known locally as the Black Path, runs on the route of the former Waverley Railway Line from Wheatlands Road in Galashiels to Tweedbank. The Waverley Line was closed in 1969 but it is planned to reopen on this path as a single track line. However, the Waverley Railway Bill stipulates that any paths severed by the line must be replaced with a functional alternative. Time will tell. The retaining wall on the left was built after a landslide in 1916.
Image: © Walter Baxter
Taken: 2 Sep 2007
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Roundabout on Ladhope Vale, Galashiels
A mini-roundabout for the junction with Park Street. The building in the middle distance is a block of flats.
Image: © Jim Barton
Taken: 29 May 2018
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