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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
Conquering the Raven’s Fortess
10.1 miles 6h 53m Ascent 973m Carrifran Wildwood-Carrifran Gans-White Coomb-Firthhope Rig-Rotten Bottom-Cape Law-Under Saddle Yoke-Saddle Yoke-Peat Hill Most of the hill names around here have an English ring to them, and though their origins are often Norse, their … Continue reading
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Tagged Corbetts, Donalds
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The Striding Arch Challenge
10.42 miles 5h 48min 780m ascent Bail Hill (Arch)-Green Hill-Mullwhanny-Colt Hill (Arch)-Benbrack (Arch)-Conrick (Arch) My challenge was to walk through each of the four Sandstone arches at Cairnhead, north of Moniaive on the same day. The Striding Arches were designed by Andy … Continue reading
The Crown of Scotland
8.34 miles 3h 50m 534m ascent Annanhead Hill-Great Hill-Chalk Rig Edge-Whitehope Heights-Whitehope Knowe-Lamb Craig-Crown of Scotland Thunderstorms were forecast for the west, so I headed for the Moffat Hills, where it was to be raining but quite warm. … Continue reading
Posted in Borders, Dumfries & Galloway
Tagged Annandale Way, Donalds, Wee Hills
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There’s gold in them there hills
8.6 miles 3h 50m Ascent 604m Wanlockhead-Black Hill-Green Hill-Stood Hill-Willowgrain-Cogshead-Glengaber Hill Wanlockhead sits high in the Lowther Hills. It is the highest village in Britain and has a pub that claims to be the highest in Scotland. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Paths, Ruins, SUW, Wee Hills
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Criffel
6.25 miles 3h 45m ascent 613m The Waterloo Monument and Criffel via the Pultarson Burn We parked in a small car park at Mid Glen, about half a mile from New Abbey. The Glen Burn runs by the car park … Continue reading
Bengairn – Screel’s forgotten twin
4.5 miles 2h 5min Ascent 324m Bengairn We parked at the Bengairn Hill sign (Do not start fires), on the track from the A711 to Mains of Collin, just above Bengairn Loch. A farm track climbs gently through the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ruins, Wee Hills
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Moorbrock – The Polifferie Round
9.6 miles 4h 14min ascent 686m Moorbrock Hill-Keoch Rig-Mid Hill of Glenhead-Dodd Hill The walk starts at the entrance to Moorbrock Estate about a third of a mile beyond Craigengillan bridge. The gates were locked but there … Continue reading
Fair Weather Walker
My hill-bagging compulsion has me on edge; just one hill to go to have completed the Corbetts, Grahams, and Donalds of Region 27/D&G. The walk was all planned. I have walked in rain, sleet, fog and snow, but…. Today was … Continue reading