Author Archives: drow 'n smirr

The Blackcraig

April 15, 2012

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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Cailleach’s Wrath

April 8, 2012

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 →

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Kirriereoch

March 29, 2012

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 →

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Blackhope Round

March 25, 2012

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 →

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Dundrennan Abbey

March 4, 2012

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 →

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Last of the Ettrick Donalds

February 25, 2012

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 →

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Windy Standard in the snow

February 12, 2012

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 →

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Sanquhar and the SUW

January 29, 2012

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 →

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