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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
SUW9.2: Cogshead again
9.7 miles 3h 24m 624m ascent Route: Crawick Water at Nether Cog to Cogshead then the northern SUW loop to Wanlock water and Wanlockhead Between Cogshead and Wanlock Water the SUW offers two routes, and when we last came this … Continue reading
The Southern Upland Way: overview
The 212.6 miles of the southern upland way include coastal cliffs, upland moors, hills and mountains, meadows, riverbanks, loch side paths, farmland, parkland, woodland, country estates, paths across dams, farm tracks, drove roads, roman roads, ancient trade routes, and coffin … Continue reading
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Southern Upland Way: the Eastern Marches
The eastern section of the SUW, from the River Tweed at Yair to the North Sea is 50.2 of the SUW’s 212 miles, though our journey clocked up 54.1 miles with 2628m ascent. This took us across the Tweed three times, over … Continue reading
SUW19: The coast to coast complete
12 miles 5h 33m ascent 414m Route: SUW Abbey St Bathans to Cockburnspath, plus Cove Harbour This was the final leg of our Southern Upland Way trek and the weather forecast was for heavy rain all day, the TV news … Continue reading
SUW18: Ginger beer by the Whiteadder
10 miles 4h 35m ascent 332m Route: SUW Watch Water Reservoir; Highest point 316m on Commonside It was another long drive in for this walk, and we were held up in traffic on a very minor road near Millburn Bridge. … Continue reading
Steygail: scaling the sleeping dog
4.7 miles 2h 24m ascent 496m Route: Up on Dalveen Rig, down the western ridge. Highest point Steygail 573m Steygail means Steep Gable and it stands guarding the Dalveen Pass, a massive steep sided hulk that doesn’t lend itself to … Continue reading
SUW17: The Lammermuirs
13.6 miles 5h 22m ascent 552m Route: SUW Lauder to Watch Water Reservoir, highest point Twin Law 447m It was three and a quarter hours of driving to get to the start, having left a car at Watch Water. From … Continue reading
SUW16: The Roman Road
15 miles 5h 45m 682m ascent; max elevation 305m on Woodheads Hill Route: SUW Gala to Lauder What more could we ask for? The Southern Upland Way in sunshine, with riverside and farmland walks, plenty of wild flowers, hawthorn and … Continue reading