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Recent Walks
- 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
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood: Annandale Way – Lockerbie variant (part 2)
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood: Annandale Way – Lockerbie variant (part 1)
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Author Archives: drow 'n smirr
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood: Annandale Way – Lockerbie variant (part 2)
7.52 miles 3h 52m ascent 155m Lockerbie-Hoddom The second part of the AW’s Lockerbie route was the longer of the two, but had much less road walking which was better for the dogs. Most of the walk was on farm … Continue reading
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood: Annandale Way – Lockerbie variant (part 1)
5.41 miles 2h 36m ascent 94m Corncockle Plantation-Lockerbie The Annandale Way splits as it emerges from the woodland of Corncockle, near Templand, one route to Lochmaben, the other to Lockerbie. They join again in Sorrysike Moor, a little north of … Continue reading
The Comedy Way: 3 – bring me sunshine
7.31 miles 3h 43min ascent 135m If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room.Eric Morecambe If Day One of the Comedy Way was the ‘main course’, and Day Two … Continue reading
The Comedy Way: 2 – the two chimneys
11.86 miles 6h 43m ascent 309m “It was like exploring a place that you have seen in a dream, where everything is just where you expect it and yet everything is a surprise.”― Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons This second leg of … Continue reading
The Comedy Way: 1 – another nice mess
14.61 miles 8h 37m ascent 688m Well, here’s another nice mess you’ve gotten me into! The comedy way is a 30.5 mile semi circular walk around Moham Bay. It begins in Ulverston at the statues of Laurel and Hardy and … Continue reading
Butterhole Hill: Another of Monica’s neighbours
5.24 miles 2h 13m 190m At long last. We, the dogs and I, got to the top of Butterhole Hill. It sin’t a difficult Hill and to be honest, if I was on my own I could have climbed it … Continue reading
The Source of the Nith: Recce No.1
BEING WRITTEN 6.15 miles 2h 36m ascent 215m (707 feet) El Sub Sta-source of the Nith-El sub Sta The Nith, till after it gets away from Ayrshire, is one of the most cheerless of streams, sluggish and shallow, seldom more … Continue reading
Great Trossachs Path: 4 – Ancient woodland, Roman forts and saintly mounds
6.91 miles 3h 44m ascent 233m Glen Finglas Visitor Centre-Callander A great walk. Autumn colours, good paths through woodland and moor, with views down to Loch Venachar, a disused railway through the farmland and marshes of Leny Meadows to end … Continue reading