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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
Cairnsmore of Fleet from Dromore
11.8 miles 5h 28 mins 933m ascent Cullendoch-Door of Cairnsmore-Knee of Cairnsmore-Cairnsmore of Fleet-Meikle Mulltaggart-Craigronald-Loch Garroch Cairnsmore of Fleet’s Donald tops, the Knee of Cairnsmore and Meikle Mulltaggart were my main targets for the day. They could be had via … Continue reading
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Tagged Donalds, Grahams
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Coran of Portmark
12.3 miles 6h 25m 719m ascent Loch Doon-Coran of Portmark-Bow-Knockower-Black Craig-Loch Doon The primary aim of this walk was to climb Coran of Portmark, since previous visits to the Rhinns of Kells had come off over Cairnsgarroch, leaving Bow, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Donalds, Ruins, Wee Hills
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The Blackcraig
9.8 miles 5h 44m 900m ascent Blackcraig-Blacklorg-Meikledodd-Alwhat-Cannock Hill-Craigbraneoch A beautiful day so I set off for the Afton hills. I parked the car on the Afton road before Craigdarroch Farm and got kitted out under the watchful eyes of … Continue reading
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Tagged Donalds, Grahams, Wee Hills
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Cailleach’s Wrath
7.5 miles 3h 52min 835m ascent Blencathra via Blease Fell Warm, negligible wind and scattered showers was somewhat off the mark. The weather man had badly misread the Veiled One’s mood. So our ambitious plan, hatched in the belief that the goddess of … Continue reading
Kirriereoch
6.8 miles 3h 40m ascent 605m Tarfessock-Kirriereoch Kirriereoch and Tarfessock had been on my to-do list for a while. Unfortunately my research suggested there was no easy way up these two hills. The walk from Slaethornrig looked … Continue reading
Blackhope Round
9.8 miles 5h 9min ascent 970m Saddle Yoke-Hartfell Rig-Hart Fell-Falcon Craig-Swatte Fell-Nether Coomb Craig The Moffat hills are whalebacks, which from a distance look like drumlins that have grown into giants. This walk shows another terrain, the steep … Continue reading
Dundrennan Abbey
4.2 miles about 1h 45m 110m ascent Dundrennan-Port Mary-Fagra A short low level walk to escape the snow showers that had been forecast. As it was, we had rain, hail, biting cold winds and warm sunshine, … Continue reading
Last of the Ettrick Donalds
8.7 miles 4h 24m 842m ascent Selcoth-Croft Head-West Knowe-Loch Fell-Windfell Nick-some SUW One problem with the western Ettrick hills is access. Moffat Water is too wide to cross except over bridges and the Ettrick valley is a long drive. … Continue reading