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Recent Walks
- 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)
- The Comedy Way: 3 – bring me sunshine
- The Comedy Way: 2 – the two chimneys
- The Comedy Way: 1 – another nice mess
- Butterhole Hill: Another of Monica’s neighbours
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Category Archives: Borders
Crunching and Crackling over Cauldcleuch Head
7.1 miles 4h 32m ascent 521m Stob Fell-Pennygant Hill-Cauldcleuch Head-Millstone Edge-Tudhope Hill There is a plantation of larch and spruce on the road above Billhope with space to park a car or two at its gate. From there, in bright … Continue reading
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Tagged Donalds, Grahams, Winter
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Gathersnow’s Ridge
9.2 miles 5h 48m ascent 702m Coomb Hill-Gathersnow Hill-Hillshaw Head-Coomb Dod-Glenwhappen Dod A cold day, -3C according to the car. This walk starts from the A701, near where Fruid Water joins the Tweed. I parked near a locked gate at … Continue reading
Fell Shin to Dun Knees
8 miles 4h 15m ascent 673m Culter Fell-Chapelgill Hill-Cardon Hill The parking place, by the burn, past Culter Allers farm was flooded requiring some careful car placement to allow dry access to the door and boot; and the weather required … Continue reading
Limping around Drumelzier
9.8 miles 4h 30m ascent 723m Pykestone Hill, Middle Hill, Drumelzier Law This walk starts at the tiny settlement of Drumelzier. The area has a close link with Merlin (Myrddin) who was killed here by a method he himself had … Continue reading
Raikin the Foulbrig
10.5 miles 4h 35min ascent 645m Deer Law-Black Law-Greenside Law Though a relatively short walk this one needed three maps. To be honest it was an out-right Donald bagging expedition, but also an opportunity to try out my new piece … Continue reading
Good samaritans from Dollar Law
13.5 miles ascent 929m 5h 42min (add 2.3 miles and 160m if you don’t get a lift) Talla Cleuch Head-Broad Law-Cramalt Craig-Dollar Law This walk starts near the Megget Stone. I managed to park 100m to the Megget side of … Continue reading
Across the Gameshope Burn
10 miles 5h 45min ascent 990m Nickies Knowe-Lochcraig Head-Molls Cleuch Dod-Garelet Dod-Erie Hill-Garelet Hill This walk started with a choice: to walk from Talla Linnfoots to the Megget Stone at the beginning of the walk (park at Talla Linnfoots) or … Continue reading
The Crown of Scotland
8.34 miles 3h 50m 534m ascent Annanhead Hill-Great Hill-Chalk Rig Edge-Whitehope Heights-Whitehope Knowe-Lamb Craig-Crown of Scotland Thunderstorms were forecast for the west, so I headed for the Moffat Hills, where it was to be raining but quite warm. … Continue reading
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Tagged Annandale Way, Donalds, Wee Hills
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