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Recent Walks
- Yeork-sher: wet boots, mired tyres and abandoned walks
- Mull of Galloway Trail: 5 – moorland, laight, and stane
- Mull of Galloway Trail: 4 – Swans, Gorse and missed turns
- Mull of Galloway Trail: 3 – oh ffs! off piste again
- Mull of Galloway Trail: 2 – trudging over shingle and wading through bracken
- The Mull of Galloway Trail: 1 – overgrown, elusive and unfrequented
- Eden Way: 12 – Water Cut, Ure Force and Ruswarp
- Loch Katrine
- Silver Jubilee Road
- Barlay Hill: another Monica
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Tag Archives: SUW
The Southern Upland Way: overview
The 212.6 miles of the southern upland way include coastal cliffs, upland moors, hills and mountains, meadows, riverbanks, loch side paths, farmland, parkland, woodland, country estates, paths across dams, farm tracks, drove roads, roman roads, ancient trade routes, and coffin … Continue reading
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Southern Upland Way: the Eastern Marches
The eastern section of the SUW, from the River Tweed at Yair to the North Sea is 50.2 of the SUW’s 212 miles, though our journey clocked up 54.1 miles with 2628m ascent. This took us across the Tweed three times, over … Continue reading
SUW19: The coast to coast complete
12 miles 5h 33m ascent 414m Route: SUW Abbey St Bathans to Cockburnspath, plus Cove Harbour This was the final leg of our Southern Upland Way trek and the weather forecast was for heavy rain all day, the TV news … Continue reading
SUW18: Ginger beer by the Whiteadder
10 miles 4h 35m ascent 332m Route: SUW Watch Water Reservoir; Highest point 316m on Commonside It was another long drive in for this walk, and we were held up in traffic on a very minor road near Millburn Bridge. … Continue reading
SUW17: The Lammermuirs
13.6 miles 5h 22m ascent 552m Route: SUW Lauder to Watch Water Reservoir, highest point Twin Law 447m It was three and a quarter hours of driving to get to the start, having left a car at Watch Water. From … Continue reading
SUW16: The Roman Road
15 miles 5h 45m 682m ascent; max elevation 305m on Woodheads Hill Route: SUW Gala to Lauder What more could we ask for? The Southern Upland Way in sunshine, with riverside and farmland walks, plenty of wild flowers, hawthorn and … Continue reading
Southern Upland Way: the Middle Marches
The central section of the SUW, from the River Nith at Sanquhar to the River Tweed at Yair Bridge is 70.4 of the SUW’s 212 miles, though our journey clocked up 76.5 miles with 4403m ascent. This took us from … Continue reading
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Tagged Annandale Way, Grahams, Paths, Ruins, Spring, SUW, Wee Hills, Winter
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SUW15: The Old Drove Road
13.7 miles 6h 25m ascent 848m; max elevation 567m Minch Moor Route: SUW Traquair to Gala with a diversion to Minch Moor’s summit For much of this section the SUW followed an Old Drove Road and there were Cross … Continue reading