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Recent Walks
- Rinns of Galloway Coastal Path: 2 – feral goats, the devil’s own paths and lost forts
- 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
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Category Archives: Dumfries & Galloway
Marthrown Hill: almost
5.1 miles 2h 34m ascent 336m Route: Mabie Forest, around Marthrown Hill on MTB tracks then up and over in the trees Feeling a little under the weather I decided to ditch the planned walk (which included an FFS section) … Continue reading
SUW7: Stroanpatrick to Lorg
12.2 miles 6h 5m ascent 648m; max elevation 580m Benbrack Route: The SUW from Stroanpatrick to Polskeoch Bothy then the Lorg Trail to Lorg. At the start of the walk, I actually wondered whether I should leave the waterproof … Continue reading
Dundeugh “Island”
4.2 miles 1h 27m ascent 111m Dundeugh Forest is bounded by the Waters of Ken and Deugh, and became an island with the damming of these rivers to create Kendoon Loch. A pot-holed road near Polmaddie leaves the A713 and … Continue reading
SUW6: Across the Water of Ken
14 miles 6h 37m 509m ascent; max elevation 296m Culmark Hill Route: SUW from Hen Craig to Stroanpatrick (with a couple of detours) I have not seen the phrase “Very wet underfoot” in a weather forecast before, but I’ll have … Continue reading
SUW5: The Water of Trool to the Black Burn
15.23 miles 6h 5m ascent 794m; max elevation 314m slopes of Shield Rig Route: SUW Caldons to Knockmulloch This was our fifth section of the SUW challenge, and would take us past the 25% mileage mark (indeed, up to 30%). … Continue reading
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SUW4: Tannylaggie to Trool
12.5 miles 5h 50m 263m ascent; max elevation 184m Ochiltree Hill Route: SUW Tannylaggie Bridge to Caldons We were treated to a beautiful Autumn day, with sunshine to shame a summer’s day, reds and yellows emerging from the greenery … Continue reading
SUW3: Across the Purgatory Burn
11.8 miles 5h 47m ascent 365m, max elevation Craigairie Fell 320m Route: SUW, Dranigower to Tannylaggie A warm damp day, with neither rain nor drizzle, but dampness precipitating directly from the air. Though humid doesn’t seem a word one would use for … Continue reading
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SUW2: Ultreia
SUW 2 Ultreia!: the write up will be a bit delayed but here’s some info to keep you going. 9.9 miles (9.0 miles of SUW), 4h 45m (a little slower than planned), 292m ascent, max elevation Caves of Kilhern 145m, 1,133 … Continue reading