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- Bamburgh: royal castle, aviation museum and a sycamore gap
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- A wee horseshoe from Langholm
- Torr Point and Red Haven in 24 degrees
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Author Archives: drow 'n smirr
Frae the big brig tae the auld halt
10.12 miles 5h 2 m 178m ascent Big Water of Fleet Viaduct-Skerrow Halt The drive to the viaduct was a little slower than expected because we came to a “temporary obstruction, 15 minute delay” sign. I turned off the ignition, … Continue reading
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Skerrow Halt (yet) Again
9.65 miles 4h 15m 161m ascent Stroan Loch-Skerrow Halt-Little Water of Fleet-and back It’s a year since I blogged a walk. The last few months can be put down to lockdown, and the last couple of weeks due to a … Continue reading
Locked-in
[Post-walk shennanigans] I started the car, reversed out and headed home, my mind relaxing into auto-pilot mode. I passed a few walkers. We waved and shared smiles. In a film this would have been accompanied with relaxing music, soft focus … Continue reading
The Forest My Friend
The forest. My friend these many long days. Happy, I wandered her green dappled ways. My spirits she raised, my soul was reborn. With a lightness of touch her gifts did transform. Her offering I bore, unseen, and unknown. … Continue reading
A Morning in Markudjik: Shaken and Perturbed
We decided to take the Gondola up to Yastrebets and explore the Markudjik slopes. Over breakfast I squinted at my phone checking various maps. How would we get to the Gondola? It wasn’t really clear. But the piste map had … Continue reading
Cù Brìde: My Golden Sun
I heard someone say, surprised, many years ago,“Did you hear that, he calls his dog Sunshine” He was sent from the sun in a garment of gold, With a spirit too bright for a world to withhold. A gift to a home … Continue reading
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Hadrian’s Coastal Route 8: Hudson Bay to the Solway
7.19 miles 2h 55m 9m ascent Anthorn to Bowness-on-Solway An unco sough i’ the gloamin’An’ a flaff o’ risin’ win’,A glisk o’ stoundin’ watersBy the weirdly licht o’ the mune,An’ the fell dark tide o’ SolwayComes breengin’, whummlin’ in. Dorothy Margaret … Continue reading