Author Archives: drow 'n smirr

Deep in the forest

August 7, 2011

8.5 miles   2h 20min    320m ascent Ae Forest in search of the 7 Stanes. The weather was not the thundery heavy rain forecast, just a persistent drizzle (smirr). The route took us from the main car-park along a track … Continue reading →

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Law, Shank, Hill, Fell, Craig and Pen

July 31, 2011

9.6 miles   4h 43m  823m ascent The Ettrick Horseshoe: Bodesbeck Law, White Shank, Smidhope Hill, Capel Fell, Wind Fell, Hopetoun Craig, Ettrick Pen. Plan B (version 3). The original plan was the Awful Hand Ridge as a linear walk … Continue reading →

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Galloway Wild Art

July 23, 2011

This is a repeat of the northern section of the Black Loch and the Eye walk, but this time in sunshine rather than rain. We went up the track from the Queen’s Way to the eastern end of Black Loch … Continue reading →

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The Silver Flowe

July 16, 2011

  6.4 miles   4h 31m    511m ascent   Backhill of Bush, the Silver Flowe, Nick of the Dungeon, Dungeon Hill, the Devil’s Bowling Green and Craignaw.   The forecast was for rain and low cloud but as I … Continue reading →

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Mabie by the uphill path

July 10, 2011

  6.3 miles   1h 55m  340m ascent A relatively short walk but with quite a bit of ascent for a Mabie stroll. Our usual route has about 100m less of ascent and most of that is concentrated in the … Continue reading →

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Following the fence posts to Curleywee

July 4, 2011

6.1 miles      3h 38m       592 m ascent A round of the Minnigaff hills: Larg Hill, Lamachan Hill, Bennanbrack and Curleywee. After the many wet and cloudy weekends we were at last blessed with sun. I … Continue reading →

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Skerrow Halt

June 26, 2011

  10.1 miles        3h 3min     285m ascent Stroan Loch-Airie-Loch Skerrow-Auchencloy-Barney Water-Raider’s Road-Stroan Loch. The forecast was a cloud base at 250m, so I decided to stick to a low level walk. As it turned out … Continue reading →

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Go on, make my day

June 19, 2011

4.8 miles 2h 33m. 244m ascent The Clints of Dromore The forecast was for a cloud base at 450m so I decided to give the bigger hills a miss. I have grown tired of climbing into mist where I can … Continue reading →

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