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Author Archives: drow 'n smirr
The Void
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
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
Millfore Hill…a vanilla slice of a hill
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
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
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
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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Romans and Reivers: 7 – towards the end
10.9 miles 5h 1m ascent 361m The quarry near Camp Burn to the Dunlop bench in Hawick “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ernest Hemingway This … Continue reading
Romans and Reivers: 6 – Larches and Hail
7.8 miles 3h 10m ascent 320m Craik forest circular via the quarry near Camp Burn Lesser celandine, primrose, daisy, larches, Borthwick Water, wee dog, hail and wind. This is a short straightforward section. We had 13 miles of the R&R … Continue reading
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