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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
Windy Standard in the snow
9.5 miles 4h 28m ascent 511m Afton-Jedburgh Knees-Windy Standard-Blackgrane-Millaneoch-Wedder Hill A walk in the snow. Windy Standard has eluded me on a previous walk which I abandoned in bad weather. As you can see from the picture, the … Continue reading
Sanquhar and the SUW
7.4 miles 3h 288m ascent Along the SUW west from Sanquhar A few more miles of SUW. I decided to start from Sanquhar and walk out along the SUW far enough to look down the Scaur valley then head … Continue reading
(Sans-)Bodesbeck Ridge
8.1 miles 4h 8min Ascent 629m Here I am at 2012 feet in 2012. Herman Law, Trowgrain Middle, Mid Rig, Andrewhinney Hill, Bell Craig, Mid Rig. The Bodesbeck ridge runs SW-NE beside Moffat water. The NW face which looms over … Continue reading
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Tagged Donalds, Grahams, Wee Hills, Winter
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Cluden’s Sacred Sites
11.7 miles 4h 11m ascent 127m Cluden Water and Nith Riverbank walk, Lincluden Abbey, Twelve Apostles and a lowly Trig Pillar A beautiful crisp cold day with blue skies. I thought it would be appropriate to start this walk somewhere … Continue reading
Cairnharrow’s Jewels
10.6 miles 758 m 6h 12m Cairnholy-Barholm Hill-Ben John-Cairnharrow-Cambret Hill Despite having to defrost the car, and turning up in cold weather gear, most of this walk was tee-shirt weather. I parked at Cairnholy where there is space for … Continue reading
The Seventy-five
I’ve been limited to short walks of late with little to report so I thought I’d write something a little different to keep my hand in. I had hoped to be out and about this weekend but Mrs Drow ‘n’ … Continue reading
Hot Blast in the Mist
2.2 miles 100m ascent Barstobrick Hill and the Neilson Monument A straightforward walk. I parked at the Barstobrick visitor centre where I had hoped to get some information on routes for walking. Various signs suggested that maps for walks … Continue reading
Mystery above the Laggan’s Loch
7.25 miles 2h 15m ascent 252m Craigencallie, Loch Dee, White Laggan and the Glentrool Giant Axe Head I have both driven and walked the road from Clatteringshaws past Craigencallie, but have never actually spotted Craigencallie House, where I planned to … Continue reading
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Tagged 7stanes, Low Level, Paths, SUW
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