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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
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood: Annandale Way – Lockerbie variant (part 1)
5.41 miles 2h 36m ascent 94m Corncockle Plantation-Lockerbie The Annandale Way splits as it emerges from the woodland of Corncockle, near Templand, one route to Lochmaben, the other to Lockerbie. They join again in Sorrysike Moor, a little north of … Continue reading
Butterhole Hill: Another of Monica’s neighbours
5.24 miles 2h 13m 190m At long last. We, the dogs and I, got to the top of Butterhole Hill. It sin’t a difficult Hill and to be honest, if I was on my own I could have climbed it … Continue reading
The Last of the Long Field Hills
2.29 miles 1h 15min ascent 75m Little Auchenfad Hill Auchenfad, achadh fada, means the long field, which I take to be the land bounded by Craigbill and Auchenfad Hills to the north, and Trostan and Little Auchenfad Hills to the … Continue reading
Auchengray Hill – one of Monica’s neighbours
2.21 miles 1h 44m ascent 132m I have seen two suggested origins for the name Auchengray. Field of the moor or field of the herd. Auchen is common in place names, almost certainly coming from achadh, ‘field’ and an/na ‘the’; … Continue reading
Mull of Galloway Trail: 5 – moorland, laight, and stane
7.50 miles 4h 25m ascent 310m Cairnryan-Glenapp-Finnart’s Bay The final leg of the Mull of Galloway Trail took us along the Loch Ryan Coastal Path to Glenapp and from there we walked on to Finnarts Bay. The name Glenapp might … Continue reading
Mull of Galloway Trail: 4 – Swans, Gorse and missed turns
7.12 miles 3h 56m ascent 38m Stranraer to Cairnryan on The Loch Ryan Coastal Path A puncture on the way to Stranraer had me thinking that we would have to postpone the walk but speedy service by Sandmill MOT Centre … Continue reading
Mull of Galloway Trail: 3 – oh ffs! off piste again
8.31 miles 4h 15m ascent 87m Clayshant Bridge to Agnew Park This should have been an easy stroll from Luce Bay to Loch Ryan. Not too far, indeed perhaps too short a leg. The weather forecast promised a hot sunny … Continue reading
Mull of Galloway Trail: 2 – trudging over shingle and wading through bracken
9.42 miles 5h 48m ascent 68m Myroch Point to Clayshant Bridge