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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
Crunching and Crackling over Cauldcleuch Head
7.1 miles 4h 32m ascent 521m Stob Fell-Pennygant Hill-Cauldcleuch Head-Millstone Edge-Tudhope Hill There is a plantation of larch and spruce on the road above Billhope with space to park a car or two at its gate. From there, in bright … Continue reading
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Tagged Donalds, Grahams, Winter
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Heatherstane Law from Lamington
11.1 miles 5h 19m ascent 674m Hardrig Head-Whitelaw Brae-Windgate Bank-Hudderstone This walk started at a pleasant car park near the church in Lamington. There is a tree lined single track road leading up to Baitlaws which would be good for … Continue reading
Woodhead Hill – an itch scratched
4.16 miles 1h 51m ascent 262m Woodhead Hill is my closest Marylin. I see it most days. That its name does not have a tick next to it has been an irritation for some time. This was the last weekend of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Wee Hills, Winter
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See Morris Hill
2.26 miles 50 mins 162 m ascent A very short walk and an easy route. I started from the foot of the track to Riddingshill and followed the road up until I was just below the giant aerial. From there … Continue reading
Gathersnow’s Ridge
9.2 miles 5h 48m ascent 702m Coomb Hill-Gathersnow Hill-Hillshaw Head-Coomb Dod-Glenwhappen Dod A cold day, -3C according to the car. This walk starts from the A701, near where Fruid Water joins the Tweed. I parked near a locked gate at … Continue reading
Fell Shin to Dun Knees
8 miles 4h 15m ascent 673m Culter Fell-Chapelgill Hill-Cardon Hill The parking place, by the burn, past Culter Allers farm was flooded requiring some careful car placement to allow dry access to the door and boot; and the weather required … Continue reading
Limping around Drumelzier
9.8 miles 4h 30m ascent 723m Pykestone Hill, Middle Hill, Drumelzier Law This walk starts at the tiny settlement of Drumelzier. The area has a close link with Merlin (Myrddin) who was killed here by a method he himself had … Continue reading
MLT expedition: should have eaten my spinach
12.8 miles 950m ascent 2 days (probably 14 hours) Where do I start this tale? I’ll skip the story of the packing and begin at breakfast. Preserved Killick, fresh out of Portsmouth, could not have beaten it. I slipped … Continue reading