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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
The Gowans Fyn
4.6 miles 1h 54m 164m ascent Newcastleton, 7 stanes Border Stane A nice easy walk, starting at the 7-stanes Trailhead car park about a mile and half east of Newcastleton. My schoolboy error was to take a … Continue reading
Hearts and Heroes 2010
The sassenachs were fed freshly caught haggis and shortbread by the Wylies at the pre-walk team meeting. Then from what I can gather were tortured by electronic beeping to prevent a good night’s sleep. An early morning start, 4.30am for … Continue reading
Hearts & Heroes
The big day! 29 miles of the Southern Upland Way, 10 hours, 1100m ascent An early start since the event kicked off at 7am. David had stayed overnight in a tent, as had Elaine’s sister. When the rest of us … Continue reading
Traquair to Gala
12.7 miles 4 hours 50 mins 523 m Three miles of ascent at the beginning really does take it out of you, but there are many miles of downhill to recover. The hill from Yair then gets you at … Continue reading
Tibbie Shiels
18.3 miles time 6h 30m Well that wasn’t easy. See the elevation to see why. Good walk though. At least the second, still to be done, half has a better profile. I’m sorry Mike but I (Elaine) refuse … Continue reading