Broughton Heights and Trahenna  

At Kirkurd	Culter Fell from near the summit of Broughton Heights	Brown Dod, Ladyurd and Penvalla from Broughton Heights	Hammerhead from Broughton Place	Broughton Place with Chapelgill and Culter Fell beyond
On Broughton Height's summit looking to Broad Law	Tinto from Broughton Heights	Dollar Law and Broad Law from Trahenna	Approaching Trahenna's summit on the Two Breweries race	On Trahenna's south-western shoulder
Trahenna from its south-west shoulder	Broughton from the last descent on the Two Breweries race

A jog in on forestry tracks, leads to a sharp grass climb then high-level crests with fine views.

Finishing at Broughton after a descent down Trahenna, this is a fairly long hill race with rough, demanding climbs, fast tracks and road sections.

If you fancy jogging on forestry tracks, then this route is for you.

Just south of Blyth Bridge, a narrow quiet road leads to a few houses and the church and cemetary at Kirkurd. There is space to park by the church.

From the church, head south-east along the road to a farm track. Up this track for 250m to a gate by the edge of a small section of forestry. Through the gate and on a faint grassy track, head aside the forest, then uphill. A slight drop and over a fence brings you to a vast area of foresty covering the hill ahead, there is however a gap ahead through the middle of the forest following a fence travelling uphill. Aim up this gap until the fence line turns sharply, then continue on the same bearing through denser and darker undergrowth and the end of a track will be met. A jog of 1km will take you to the end of the forest and onto open hillside. Ahead and uphill, it's a short walk over grass and tussocks of blaeberry to Wether Law and the fenceline to follow to the trig point on its summit.

Head back along the crest following the fence, then cut down towards the col before Brown Dod - there is a faint track to follow. Now at the upper edge of forestry, follow the faint track along the crest to Flint Hill where the track disappears. A quick descent on grass gains the next col, where a gate provides access to forestry tracks. Over the gate, take the left-hand track and follow it for 3km to a barrier (it is possible to start and finish from this point, which is accessed using a rough track from the A72, 1.5km south-east of Blyth Bridge and marked with a forestry sign 'Ladyurd'). The track then continues past some houses, farm buildings and through a couple of gates back to Kirkurd.

    

Finishing at Broughton, this hill race is fairly long with rough, demanding climbs, fast tracks and road sections. As the name suggests, there are two breweries - one at the start by Traquair and the other at the end by Broughton.

Starting in Traquair House grounds, the route heads out along the magnificent tree-lined drive onto the public road for 1km. Runners are directed south-west into a field and onto a rough track which quickly gives way to rough open hillside. On grass, then heather higher up, faint paths can be traced to reach a forest's edge to follow to a col below Birks Hill. Up this hill, then Birkscairn Hill, runners then turn north-west and drop down rough heather clad slopes to Glensax burn below. Up onto Hundleshope Heights via a faint path avoiding the tiring heather and tussocks, runners turn south-east to trace a faint trod to meet up with a path contouring north around Broom Hill's summit to the start of a sharp slog up Stob Law. A track then is used for the descent to Glenrath Farm, then a grassy track is taken into forest. Coming to a sharp corner on the track, the route is flagged through some undergrowth, then up a fire-break to Whitelaw Hill. The race then turns south-west along a faint path, intitially through more forest, then open hillside following a dyke and the forest edge. At the next col, runners head through a gap in the dyke then aim north-west downhill on track that improves as height is lost. Past some buildings, the River Tweed is crossed and a quick blast along 1km of tarmac takes the route to a turn onto a track to Stobo Home farm. A very pleasant run through forest is followed by a drop to a bridge over Weston Burn to pick up a track. Beyond the bridge, runners aim to stay on the track until it turns sharply back on itself which leads to a faint path through the wet rush grass. A last slog up Trahenna's steep hillside awaits, then a faint trod is tracked around Muir Burn's corrie, then down to a field and onto tarmac.

One last tarmac run leads to Broughton brewery, where plenty of refreshing beer awaits.