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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
Downhill from Black Hill
From Dunreggan car park, we set off full of energy, carrying our supplies across the bridge to Moniaive, in the morning sunshine. Then through the town we walk past a choclatier, several public houses, restaurants, the market cross, bistros and … Continue reading
Perfidious Forecasters
20.45 miles 6h 20m 380m ascent Pushing the miles in preparation for the big day we walked from Crocketford up to Speddoch and back via Shawhead. The weather forecast was dry with a possibility of a light shower and I … Continue reading
Turner’s Monument and Glenkiln Cross
The plan was to climb up to Turner’s Monument on Bennan Hill and I am pleased I chose to go from the south rather than east. I parked at the copse just past the pink farm (Glen Farm) and climbed … Continue reading
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Crocketford Round
Beasts! Red squirrels, red kites, foxes, deer, rabbits, greylag geese, lambs, calfs, pheasants, sculptures, topiary and views. 16.5 miles in a figure of eight. Cold enough for hats some of the time but thankfully dry. We began at Crocketford, initially … Continue reading
Glenkiln
A short walk with the dogs on leads because of sheep. Lynn came along and helped taking pictures and holding leads. We took a short cut down from the visitation statue which meant we had to cross a burn twice … Continue reading
Derwentwater
What a start to the day. A full cooked breakfast and plenty of coffee (oh, and of course, good company). The weather had that special teasing quality, with enough light rain to make us don waterproofs, wear them all day … Continue reading
Catbells
The weather forecast had been for heavy rain. As the day dawned however, it had downgraded to drizzle. At Little Town car park when we started it was overcast but dry. The first mile and and a half was a … Continue reading
Mabie Forest (traditional)
7.25 miles for the intrepid three, 6.9 miles for me since I took a short cut to rendezvous with the elusive plumber. But Hey! the McMs are now shower enabled again, if also missing some ceiling. A classic walk in … Continue reading
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