Category Archives: Borders

SUW13: the footsteps of poets

April 12, 2014

11 miles   523m ascent   4h 57m; max elevation 466m on Pikestone Rig Route: SUW Potburn to St Mary’s Loch Springtime on the Southern Upland Way. I took a T-shirt along in case it was warm and sunny when … Continue reading →

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The Wiss

March 9, 2014

4.6 miles  2h 8m  ascent 346m Route: Tibbie Shiels-SUW-Wester Rig-Long Moor-The Wiss-Nether Hill This was a simple walk. My plan was to start at Tibbie Shiel’s Inn, head south along the SUW for about a mile, over Wester Rig and … Continue reading →

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Broughton Heights

March 1, 2014

6.9 miles  3h 45m  ascent 669m Route: Broughton Place-Broomy Side-Pyked Stane-Broomy Heights-Hammer Head-Trahenna Hill A first outing to this group of wee hills. I was considering taking in all three Marilyns but opted for two instead. There was sunshine with … Continue reading →

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SUW12: Across the watershed

February 22, 2014

11 miles   5h 58min  881m ascent; max elevation 637m Croft Head This section took us from D&G into the Borders and over the watershed from rivers flowing to the Irish Sea to those heading for the North Sea. We … Continue reading →

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The Donalds

July 15, 2013

A little history Percy Donald, wrote “The two-thousand feet tops of the Scottish lowland uplands” for the journal of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1935, listing 133 tops and 15 humps in southern Scotland. He had decided to visit all … Continue reading →

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Birks Hill

July 13, 2013

7.9 miles  3h 21m  ascent 557m Birks Hill, Birkscairn Hill, Glensheil Banks “And birks saw I three or four, Wi’ grey moss bearded owre,– The last that are left o’ the birken shaw, Whar mony a simmer e’en Fond lovers … Continue reading →

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White Coomb from Talla

July 6, 2013

9.7 miles   5h 25m   ascent 681m   Carlavin Hill-Molls Cleuch Dod-Firthhope Rig-White Coomb-Great Hill I could say that I had previously approached White Coomb from Carrifran Gans and from the Grey Mare’s Tail, wanted to try this way, … Continue reading →

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Blackhouse Heights

June 29, 2013

7.2 miles  3h 40m  ascent 521m Langhaugh Hill-Waddyside Rig-Black Cleuch Hill-White Cleuch Hill-Black Law-Sting Rig Back to the Manor Glen once more, I parked opposite the mysterious doorway in Langhaugh Hill that may look like the entrance to the Hall … Continue reading →

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