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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
Auchengray Hill – one of Monica’s neighbours
2.21 miles 1h 44m ascent 132m I have seen two suggested origins for the name Auchengray. Field of the moor or field of the herd. Auchen is common in place names, almost certainly coming from achadh, ‘field’ and an/na ‘the’; … Continue reading
Ayrshire Coastal Path: 1 – fairy foxgloves and standing stones
9.54 miles 4h 21m ascent 209m Glen App Kirk- Ballantrae Behind yon hills where Stinsiar flows,‘Mang moors an’ mosses many, O Robert Burns This was our first section of the Ayrshire Coastal Way, taking us from Glen App Kirk over … Continue reading
Three Peaks: Day 3 – Whernside, viaduct, aqueduct and bolting rhubarb
8.04 miles 5h 3min ascent 473m Ribblehead-Viaduct-Dales High Way-Cable Rake-Whernside-Skelside-Broadrake-The Scar- Gunnersfleet-Ribblehead Whernside was the third of our Yorkshire Three Peaks walk. It takes its name from the OE cweorn ‘Quern, millstone’ and at 736m it is the highest of … Continue reading
Three Peaks: Day 2 – Ingleborough, limestone pavements and powdery primulas
9.28 miles 6h 22min ascent 470m Ribblehead-Gauber quarry-Park Fell-Souther Scales Fell-Swine Tail-Ingleborough-Sulber Nick-Horton Ingleborough is the second highest of the Yorkshire Three Peaks and the second of our Three Peaks’ walks. After a very wet outing the day before, we … Continue reading
Three Peaks: Day 1 – Pen-y-Ghent in wild weather
8.73 miles 5h 56min ascent 533m Horton-Brackenbottom-Pen y Ghent-Plover Hill-Foxup Moor-Horton Moor As soon as we arrived in Horton it was obvious we would be walking in waterproofs. We began with drizzle (which my mother claimed would wet you more … Continue reading
Yeork-sher: wet boots, mired tyres and abandoned walks
That doesn’t sound particularly promising, does it? But I enjoyed it. The old adage is that good sailors are not made by smooth seas. And the philosophers suggest that enjoyment is perhaps heightened with a wee dash of adversity thrown … Continue reading
Mull of Galloway Trail: 5 – moorland, laight, and stane
7.50 miles 4h 25m ascent 310m Cairnryan-Glenapp-Finnart’s Bay The final leg of the Mull of Galloway Trail took us along the Loch Ryan Coastal Path to Glenapp and from there we walked on to Finnarts Bay. The name Glenapp might … Continue reading
Mull of Galloway Trail: 4 – Swans, Gorse and missed turns
7.12 miles 3h 56m ascent 38m Stranraer to Cairnryan on The Loch Ryan Coastal Path A puncture on the way to Stranraer had me thinking that we would have to postpone the walk but speedy service by Sandmill MOT Centre … Continue reading