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Recent Walks
- Rinns of Galloway Coastal Path: 2 – feral goats, the devil’s own paths and lost forts
- Rinns of Galloway Coastal Path: 1
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- Lowry Trail: Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Collective Nouns: Holy Island to Berwick.
- Remembrance of Things Past
- The Flowers of the Forest: Flodden Field
- Bamburgh: royal castle, aviation museum and a sycamore gap
- Lindisfarne
- A wee horseshoe from Langholm
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Author Archives: drow 'n smirr
Cairnsmore of Carsphairn
This was a difficult walk because the errant border terrier Leo chose to do a runner and could not be found. As you will see from the photos, it was a beautiful day for walking. The picture above is the … Continue reading
Forth Clyde Canal
A two day outing with a stop over and Halloween party in Kirkintilloch. Day one was reasonable weather but the next day was spoiled by constant rain. I had expected the scenery to be better on the second day, but … Continue reading
Tinto
4.32 miles 2h 10m ascent 487m Tinto doesn’t look much as you stand at the bottom. The path looks easy going but it does go on a bit. There is a massive cairn at the top but no cover anywhere. … Continue reading
Mabie Forest
7.2 miles, total ascent 274m about 2.5 hours This was the walk from Mabie down to Trostan, along to Lotus Hill and back up into Mabie. Nice weather, randy dogs, and hot drinks at the end. What more can … Continue reading
Clatteringshaws
A walk around the Clatteringshaws cycle path. It was sunny most of the way round but clouded over and started to rain when we stopped for lunch. At least we were treated to some rainbows. 13.7 miles elevation 227m … Continue reading
Striding Arches
Three separate walks in June and July. First walk 27th June was the shortest, to the arch on Colt hill. It’s quite a bumpy drive up from Moniaive to the the parking spot at Cairnhead and I arrived to find … Continue reading
Glenmidge
Strange that such a pleasant walk exists so close to home. Though I’m not sure I could find where we went on a map. From memory the route goes from Glenmidge, down towards Hallidayhill but taking a right fork up … Continue reading
Copenhagen
These were two short walks while I was in Copenhagen. The first was around the city itself (6 miles), the second was to Christianshavn (7 miles). I would recommend the first but the second had less for the tourist to … Continue reading