Category Archives: Dumfries & Galloway

Millfore Hill…a vanilla slice of a hill

June 4, 2016

7.9 miles 5h 5m ascent 543m Louran Rig-Coo Lochans-Craignelder-Millfore Hill This is Millfore Hill (602m) rather than Millfore (656m), a hill 4 miles to the north. I had previously set out intending to climb this in March of last year … Continue reading →

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Annandale Way 2016: AW1 – Another drenching

May 21, 2016

14.2 miles  6h 42m  579m ascent Annandale Way 1: the Moffat circular This, the first section of the Annandale Way, starts and ends as Riverside walk, beneath trees and with a wildflowers all around. There were mallards walking in the … Continue reading →

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Carstramon Wood

May 1, 2016

2.3 miles 1h 30m ascent 113m A brief walk, in pouring rain, through this broad-leafed wood. The wood is famous for its bluebells, but we were a week or two early for the full show. Some of the trees must … Continue reading →

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Romans and Reivers: 5 – Craik Forest

March 19, 2016

7.7 miles 3hours ascent 295m Craik Forest Car Park to Craik Cross Hill and return This was a straightforward and relatively short route for once. We parked in Craik Forest car park and followed the R&R way markers up to … Continue reading →

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Romans and Reivers: 4 – across the White Esk

March 15, 2016

14.2 miles 5h 50m ascent 484m Garwaldwaterfoot to Craik Cross Hill My original plan had been to walk from Garwaldwaterfoot to Craik Forest, a linear walk of about 10.5 miles, but getting there with cars at each end would have … Continue reading →

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Romans and Reivers: 3 – through the cave of sorrows

March 5, 2016

13 miles 5h 33m 631m ascent       Bellshaw Pool-Garwaldwaterfoot This, our third Romans and Reivers walk, took us from Moffat Dale to Eskdale, passing through the valleys of Wamphray Water, Dryfe Water, and Garwald Water, and past the … Continue reading →

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Romans & Reivers: 2 – Vanishing leads and fortified houses

February 27, 2016

8.1 miles 3h 20m  ascent 155m (descent 276m) The second leg of our Romans and Reivers walk. Earshaig to Bellshaw We took up the walk again where we finished the last section, where the forestry track carrying cycleway 10 crosses … Continue reading →

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Romans and Reivers: 1 – Rainbows and Hares

February 20, 2016

13.7 miles 5h 1min ascent 431m Ae to the Crooked Road The Romans and Reivers trail is a 52 mile route following old Roman roads, forest tracks, drove roads and short sections of quiet lane through notorious Reivers country from Ae … Continue reading →

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