Category Archives: Ayrshire

Windy Standard in the snow

February 12, 2012

9.5 miles   4h 28m   ascent 511m Afton-Jedburgh Knees-Windy Standard-Blackgrane-Millaneoch-Wedder Hill A walk in the snow. Windy Standard has eluded me on a previous walk which I abandoned in bad weather. As you can see from the picture, the … Continue reading →

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Mullwharchar

June 12, 2011

9.8 miles 4h 45m 680m ascent The remotest hill in Galloway? I’d been longing to climb Mullwharchar for a while, but the routes were off-putting. I didn’t fancy tramping up the Gairland Burn when it had been raining all week … Continue reading →

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Shalloch on Minnoch

June 5, 2010

This outing began with a long drive since I had to come at the hill from either the north or west and both the Galloway forest park and Loch Doon meant there were no direct roads. I thought the quickest … Continue reading →

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