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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
Ae short stroll and ae new word
4.6 miles 2h 5min ascent 134m I had to delay our first Romans and Reivers walk since my cough might disturb the wildlife. This then started as a short recce of the start of that walk but we chose after … Continue reading
Barefoot
One of my walking goals this year is to walk a league barefoot. I had to choose some distance and a league seemed just about right. I’ve walked on beaches and lawns but those are not the same thing. My … Continue reading
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Winter Crabapples
6.5 miles 2h 53m 281m ascent Ae forest – mostly red routes carved bench, over the Ae, footpath through deciduous riverside woodland, crabapple/cherry, sour, hips and haws, winter oak and winter beech, washed away paths, excavated paths, gnarled trees, lichen … Continue reading
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Golden Hedgehogs and a Heart of Stone
7.75 miles 3h 40m ascent 283m Dalbeattie Forest-Moyle Hill-Heart Stane There were severe weather warnings for heavy rain and some local fields were already flooded so I ditched the planned route for one away from major waterways and without sections … Continue reading
Dun Garbh
1 mile 50mins Dungarry Fort This is an 8th century fort, or the remains of one at least, sitting on a small hill in a valley beside Bengairn. The long single track road/track from Auchencairn doesn’t have much in the … Continue reading
Cairn Edward Hill
6.4 miles 3h 50m ascent 357m Cairn Edward Hill and Bennan Hill viewpoints Previous to the introduction of roads or railways into the Stewartry, these moors formed part of the wild and unfrequented tracks of Galloway, and were the haunts of … Continue reading
Mochrum Fell in the mist
10.4 miles 4h 5m 364m ascent Falbae Moor to Mochrum Fell Mochrum, the ridge of the swine, makes three appearances in D&G. There are two Mochrum Fells (317m, 197m) and a Mochrum Hill (270m). This is the Marilyn, Mochrum Fell … Continue reading
Margree and the lang Scot’s Mile
12.5 miles 4h 45m 360m ascent Loch Howie and Loch Skae circular then Margree circular As the photograph below shows it was a bit of a wet start. There were two signs by the road, the first read “Path: Loch … Continue reading
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