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Recent Walks
- Rinns of Galloway Coastal Path: 1
- Berwick to the Border, and beyond
- Lowry Trail: Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Collective Nouns: Holy Island to Berwick.
- Remembrance of Things Past
- The Flowers of the Forest: Flodden Field
- Bamburgh: royal castle, aviation museum and a sycamore gap
- Lindisfarne
- A wee horseshoe from Langholm
- Torr Point and Red Haven in 24 degrees
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Category Archives: Dumfries & Galloway
Rinns of Galloway Coastal Path: 1
7.27 miles 4h 6m ascent 82m Stranraer-Kirkcolm This was a hot day, forecast to rise to 23º , so we did not bring the dogs and that was probably for the best since there would have been quite a bit … Continue reading
Remembrance of Things Past
4.34 miles 113m ascent just under three hours Fleet Bay It had been a while since I had walked with a rucksack and I woke this morning with rigor mortis. It was not generalised so either the early phase or … Continue reading
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A wee horseshoe from Langholm
7.55 miles 4h 33m ascent 352m It’s been a while since the last post. So long indeed that I have published the previous one unfinished. We didn’t get into a walking project this summer due to a combination of illness, … Continue reading
Torr Point and Red Haven in 24 degrees
4,55 miles 2h 44m ascent 89m Torr Point Loop from Auchencairn Millenium Garden, Boredom Buster Playground with wooden dragons, snakes and turtles, Auchencairn Burn, boardwalk, Mussel, Lobster, Starfish, Old Torr Cottage, past the chalets, past the cows, Red Haven Beach, … Continue reading
O’er Burnswark Hill, we cheerily roam’d
6.99 miles 3h 35m ascent 287m It was a simple enough route, minor roads from Ecclefechan to Burnswark, up the hill, then back again. But …… The bark’s deep lines, a map untold,Of seasons past, of stories old.A pebble’s hue, … Continue reading
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Quintinshill and the River Sark
7.55 miles 3h 20m This is a “circular village and country route” from the access@dumgal.gov.uk website. It is said to be 6 miles, but the way was blocked by cows so we took a slightly longer route. We arrived at … Continue reading
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The Debatable Lands on the King Charles III England Coast Path
7.96 miles 4h 5m ascent 63m Rockcliffe-Gretna (the old Cumbria Coastal Way, now the KCIIIECP) O young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best;….He staid not for brake, and he stopp’d … Continue reading
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood: Annandale Way – Lockerbie variant (part 2)
7.52 miles 3h 52m ascent 155m Lockerbie-Hoddom The second part of the AW’s Lockerbie route was the longer of the two, but had much less road walking which was better for the dogs. Most of the walk was on farm … Continue reading