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- 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
Twas long indeed, a country mile
2.33 country miles 2h 2min 34m ascent Waterhead Rosnes Benches Blanket bog is one of Scotland’s most extensive semi-natural habitats but if I am honest I tend to think of peat bogs as a difficulty to be crossed on the … Continue reading
Lotus Hill with bins
Binoculars. dim. bins; Device worn around neck to ensure no birds are seen. The is the same 4.75 mile route as described in Three Spaniels on Lotus Hill from February. I sit typing this with Eddie curled up next to … Continue reading
The Flow
Sometimes the best walks are those you know well but it takes a little effort to see the things that you have walked past so many times. A whisky tasting the previous evening meant that my walk needed to start … Continue reading
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Glen Ness and the (5 year) old Fort
3.2 miles 1 h 55m 150m ascent Ness Glen – Glessel Hill A shorter walk than I had planned since there were sheep aplenty on the hills and the dogs had to be kept on leads for much of the … Continue reading
Beyond yon hills where Stinsiar flows
4.8 miles 3h 48m ascent 222m Peden’s Hut-Shiel Hill-Cornish Loch-Cornish Hill Beyond yon hills where Stinsiar* flows, ‘mang muirs and mosses many… By Girvan’s fairy-haunted stream, The birdies flit on wanton wing; While bank and brae are clothed in green, … Continue reading
The Glen of the Yews
5.8 miles 3h 10m ascent 285m “I was born on Sunday, the 22d of October 1775, (I ascertained these points in 1805,— I did not exactly know my age in 1794) and baptized a fortnight after, on Tuesday 7th November … Continue reading
Bainloch Hill
2.2 miles 1h 48m ascent 219m (Bainloch Hill 287m) Bainloch Hill is said to take its name from bàin loch, white loch, but I don’t find that convincing. There is a White Loch a couple of miles away below Barcloy … Continue reading
Barrs Hill Fort
3.7 miles 1h 38m ascent 165m (Barrs Hill 218m) Barrs Hill is one of the many “twice named” hills. Barr generally means the summit of a hill, but in SW Scotland tends just to mean “hill”, so it is Hills … Continue reading