Rubers Law

Crawford Macnab

12 May 2026

With a few call offs it was a small team of four Marauders - Jim, Denise, Moira and Crawford that set off slightly ahead of schedule from the village square in Denholm for the walk up to Rubers Law.

While assessing the temperature a quick detour to the middle of the green to check out the monument to John Leyden. It was erected by public subscription. John Leyden (1775-1811) was a native of Denholm and was an antiquarian, physician and poet.

Starting dry but cold in the wind, gloves and warm hats were the order of they day as we headed up out of Denholm.

The path continues through some wooded sections briefly popping out to give a nice view of a water area with swans, geese and goslings.

On leaving the wooded area we continued up Black Dod with great views back to the Eildons.

Nearing the top the wind was stronger but with a final push we reached the summit of Rubers Law.

The summit area provided plenty of little sheltered areas one of which we used for a first lunch stop. From here we could see Carter Fell in the distance and in the fields below us were herds of deer.

From the summit we lost height quickly to head east then followed a forest track north east passing one of the fields of deer. The route then joined the Borders Abbey Way taking us around the edge of a field with two horses and two llamas keeping their distance. A bit of a sting in the tail with a final steady drag up before dropping down into Denholm.

Back at Denholm we had excellent tea, coffee and cakes in the Denholm Meet restaurant.

After a number of cancellations it was great to finally do this walk.