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- Bamburgh: royal castle, aviation museum and a sycamore gap
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- A wee horseshoe from Langholm
- Torr Point and Red Haven in 24 degrees
- O’er Burnswark Hill, we cheerily roam’d
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Author Archives: drow 'n smirr
High Craigeazle: a trio of memorials
6.90 miles 3h 54m ascent 305m (1000 feet) Brockloch Bridge-High Craigeazle-Dunkitterick Cottage “I was born on Sunday, the 22d of October 1775, (I ascertained these points in 1805,— I did not exactly know my age in 1794) and baptized a … Continue reading
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Spooky Woods: the Seventh Stane
5.8 miles 2h 40m ascent 350m Glentress Forest There are 7 stanes and, until today, I had visited only six: The Ghost Stane, The Heart Cleft Stane, The Gem Stane, The Giant Axe Head, The Talking Head Stane and the … Continue reading
Maxwell’s Otter, Myrton Loch and the Quarrel Megaliths
8.03 miles 3h 35m ascent 161m St Medan-Monreith-Myrton-Drumtroddan Stones (return) A bronze otter stands on the lichen covered rocks of Craigengour. His head is turned to look over the Lag promontory towards the Isle of Man, on the horizon. A … Continue reading
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Conquering Cruggleton Castle
5.98 miles 3h 47m ascent 110 Garlieston-Cruggleton return, and Torhouse Circle Garlieston Harbour is the closest port in Scotland to the Isle of Man. A sign warns that this is a working harbour and I can understand why such a … Continue reading
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No Particular Place to Go
3.15 miles about 1.5h 166m ascent Near Bala, Gwynedd I sat nursing the last vestiges of a hangover, warmed by the afternoon sun. The planned morning walk had not panned out. We had found the lakeside path closed. Three generations … Continue reading
Eden Way 7: Satan’s stiles
7.83 miles 4h 5m ascent 117m Temple Sowerby-Colby Bridge Our first Eden Way sortie of 2022, indisposition and inclement weather having delayed us. There was neither deluge nor drama and it was no great distance. But I cannot say it … Continue reading
Balloch Woods
3.11 miles 1h 57m ascent 94m Pond Trail-Larch Trail-Burnside Trail “Corse o’ Slakes, Cross of Rocky Hills – Slakes in Saxon meaning rocky hills or rocky brows. In Galloway there are no roads so wild as the one which leads … Continue reading
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Eden Valley Daffodil Walk
7.35miles 3h 1m ascent 195m Armathwaite-Old Town-High Hesket-Low Hesket “The initial idea was to create 19 memorial sites throughout the UK (19 being the significant number relating to Covid 19). The sites will provide an eternal living memorial, a focal … Continue reading
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