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The grass below – above, the vaulted sky: AW3

July 30, 2016

10.3 miles 5h ascent 127m Annandale Way pt 3: Eden to Lochmaben The third section of the AW on a warm day with occasional showers and no off-route wanderings. The route heads mostly south, has more descent than climb, and … Continue reading →

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Scents, Standing Stones, Sweet soft fruit and sunburn: AW2

July 16, 2016

8.6 miles 3h 45m ascent 226m Annandale Way: Moffat to the A701 near Raehills The second leg of the Annandale Way took us from Moffat to a little north of St Anne’s Bridge leaving the River Annan to follow one … Continue reading →

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The Void

July 3, 2016

1.9 miles  2h 13m  ascent 88m Crawick Multiverse Crawick, Caer Rwyc, is named for Rawic’s fort, and although his name has stayed with the river, the nearby town has lost Rawic’s name and taken instead the epithet “the old fort”, Sean Caer, Sanquhar. … Continue reading →

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Larks on Screel

June 16, 2016

3.4 miles 2h 30min  ascent 335m Screel Hill-by the path, clockwise An evening stroll with the Rheumatology team, ID team, and accompanying dogs. The rheumatology team showed their navigational and logistical skills arriving at the agreed rendezvous in good time, then … Continue reading →

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Millfore Hill…a vanilla slice of a hill

June 4, 2016

7.9 miles 5h 5m ascent 543m Louran Rig-Coo Lochans-Craignelder-Millfore Hill This is Millfore Hill (602m) rather than Millfore (656m), a hill 4 miles to the north. I had previously set out intending to climb this in March of last year … Continue reading →

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Annandale Way 2016: AW1 – Another drenching

May 21, 2016

14.2 miles  6h 42m  579m ascent Annandale Way 1: the Moffat circular This, the first section of the Annandale Way, starts and ends as Riverside walk, beneath trees and with a wildflowers all around. There were mallards walking in the … Continue reading →

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Carstramon Wood

May 1, 2016

2.3 miles 1h 30m ascent 113m A brief walk, in pouring rain, through this broad-leafed wood. The wood is famous for its bluebells, but we were a week or two early for the full show. Some of the trees must … Continue reading →

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Romans and Reivers: 8 – The tribute of a grateful tear

April 25, 2016

Whita Hill: 1.5 miles 33mins 87m ascent R&R Wilton Dean 2.9 miles  1h 28min  89m ascent On our previous R&R outing we reached the place we had thought was the end of the trail only to find R&R signposts pointing onwards. We had … Continue reading →

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