Demainholm

A short linear route with a circular by Tinnis Burn, good for horse-riding and dog-walking. Buccleuch Estates who owns this woodland (planted in 1995) have marked out two walks for your enjoyment.

The closest settlement with facilities is Newcastleton.

For this route, you are following orange markers. From the Demainholm Forest car park, turn left up the track into the forest. After a short section of more mature trees, you soon enter the young plantation. These conifers will be cropped when they are 30-35 years old, so the planting is a very long-term investment.
Turn left on another clear track and cross a small burn. After climbing gently for a while, the track levels out and there are wide views across the valley and to the surrounding hills. The quarry on Greena Hill, ahead, is clearly seen. Birdlife in the forest includes buzzards and short-eared owls, which feed partly on the thriving population of voles found here. Keep ahead on the track. Pass a small pond where mallard ducks can sometimes be seen, and also dragonflies in summer, and reach the end of the track.

The route goes straight ahead on a rough ride. It is worth persevering, but if you are uncertain about the going underfoot, you can simply retrace your steps from this point. Keep going along the ride to reach a point overlooking a small burn. On its far side is a sturdy stone dyke, and beyond that a more mature plantation owned by the Forestry Commission.

Turn left here and continue between the young and older trees. You reach an area of fine old trees, including venerable beeches, and descend a rough bank to the left through a grassy area with the Tinnis Water chuckling along on the right beyond the dyke. After about 300 metres, a sign directs you left on to a rough track that climbs steeply. At the top of the slope it swings left and becomes grassy, running on for about 400 metres to return you to the main track.
Turn right and continue back along the track to the car park, enjoying the wide views up the valley of Liddesdale.