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- Diastole
- Remembrance of Things Past
- The Flowers of the Forest: Flodden Field
- Bamburgh: royal castle, aviation museum and a sycamore gap
- Lindisfarne
- A wee horseshoe from Langholm
- Torr Point and Red Haven in 24 degrees
- O’er Burnswark Hill, we cheerily roam’d
- Quintinshill and the River Sark
- The Debatable Lands on the King Charles III England Coast Path
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Author Archives: drow 'n smirr
Diastole
A houseman walks in the treacle of night, Weary, uncertain, and spent. The white coat weighs heavy, a mantle of sorts, Through corridors hushed in the deep of the night. With the ward-weary tread that the darkness exhorts, He carries the tools that provide … Continue reading
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Remembrance of Things Past
BEING WRITTEN 4.34 miles 113m ascent just under three hours Fleet Bay It had been a while since I had walked with a rucksack and I woke this morning with rigor mortis. It was not generalised so either the early … Continue reading
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The Flowers of the Forest: Flodden Field
1.88 miles 1h 9m I’ve heard them lilting at our ewe-milking,Lasses a-lilting before the dawn of day;But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning-The Flowers of the Forest are a’ wede away.
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Bamburgh: royal castle, aviation museum and a sycamore gap
3.70 miles 1h 44m ascent 88m (Budle Point walk)1.99 miles 1h 5m ascent 53m (Bamburgh Castle) Wyrd bið ful aræd The Wanderer I’m so out of touch with TV that I didn’t recognise the Last Kingdom inspired posters. Nor did … Continue reading
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Lindisfarne
A castle (that’s not a castle), on an island (that’s not an island). National Trust DRAFT STILL BEING WRITTEN 6.01 miles 4h 2m ascent 64m Holy Island is an island, for 12 hours of each day. A pilgrims’ route across … Continue reading
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A wee horseshoe from Langholm
7.55 miles 4h 33m ascent 352m It’s been a while since the last post. So long indeed that I have published the previous one unfinished. We didn’t get into a walking project this summer due to a combination of illness, … Continue reading
Torr Point and Red Haven in 24 degrees
4,55 miles 2h 44m ascent 89m Torr Point Loop from Auchencairn BEING WRITTEN Millenium Garden, Boredom Buster Playground with wooden dragons, snakes and turtles, Auchencairn Burn, boardwalk, Mussel, Lobster, Starfish, Old Torr Cottage, past the chalets, past the cows, Red … Continue reading
O’er Burnswark Hill, we cheerily roam’d
Not finished yet 6.99 miles 3h 35m ascent 287m It was a simple enough route, minor roads from Ecclefechan to Burnswark, up the hill, then back again. But …… The bark’s deep lines, a map untold,Of seasons past, of stories … Continue reading
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