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Recent Walks
- Berwick to the Border, and beyond
- Lowry Trail: Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Collective Nouns: Holy Island to Berwick.
- 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
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Author Archives: drow 'n smirr
Doach Wood
2.4 miles about an hour ascent 169m
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Rainbows but no Typhoons on the Paddy Line
6.4 miles 2h 38m 137m ascent Big Water of Fleet to Little Water of Fleet along the old railway This was a wee walk along the old Paddy line from the viaduct over the Big Water of Fleet to the … Continue reading
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Snow on Colt Hill
5.9 miles 2h 42m 347m ascent Cairnhead-Colt Hill I planned this as a walk up past the Striding Arch on Colt Hill and along to Lamgarroch but conditions meant we turned back at Colt Hill. The walk began at Cairnhead where … Continue reading
I can see clearly now (below 600m): Cairnsmore of Fleet
8.1 miles 4h 24m ascent 688m Tourist Route It is a few years since I climbed Cairnsmore from the SW, and I am pretty sure there was a car park back then. I recall a couple of old codgers, probably not … Continue reading
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Hoddam Castle to the Solway: AW5
11.2 miles 4h 39m ascent 105m Annandale Way Part 5: Hoddam to Newbie Mains The fifth and final section of our 2016 stroll along the Annandale Way proved warmer and drier than expected though earlier rains had left some of … Continue reading
Carved Creatures, Gravel Walls and Hilltop Meadows: AW4
13.8 miles 6h 20m 339m ascent Annandale Way: Part 4, Lochmaben to Hoddam A walk through the dappled light of broadleaved woodland and the untainted sunshine falling on multicoloured meadows. Along country roads with heavy hedgerows. Up steep thistle-clad slopes. … Continue reading
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The grass below – above, the vaulted sky: AW3
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
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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