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Recent Walks
- 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
- O’er Burnswark Hill, we cheerily roam’d
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Category Archives: Dumfries & Galloway
Cluden’s Sacred Sites
11.7 miles 4h 11m ascent 127m Cluden Water and Nith Riverbank walk, Lincluden Abbey, Twelve Apostles and a lowly Trig Pillar A beautiful crisp cold day with blue skies. I thought it would be appropriate to start this walk somewhere … Continue reading
Cairnharrow’s Jewels
10.6 miles 758 m 6h 12m Cairnholy-Barholm Hill-Ben John-Cairnharrow-Cambret Hill Despite having to defrost the car, and turning up in cold weather gear, most of this walk was tee-shirt weather. I parked at Cairnholy where there is space for … Continue reading
The Seventy-five
I’ve been limited to short walks of late with little to report so I thought I’d write something a little different to keep my hand in. I had hoped to be out and about this weekend but Mrs Drow ‘n’ … Continue reading
Hot Blast in the Mist
2.2 miles 100m ascent Barstobrick Hill and the Neilson Monument A straightforward walk. I parked at the Barstobrick visitor centre where I had hoped to get some information on routes for walking. Various signs suggested that maps for walks … Continue reading
Mystery above the Laggan’s Loch
7.25 miles 2h 15m ascent 252m Craigencallie, Loch Dee, White Laggan and the Glentrool Giant Axe Head I have both driven and walked the road from Clatteringshaws past Craigencallie, but have never actually spotted Craigencallie House, where I planned to … Continue reading
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Heart, Mote and Slab
6.4 miles 1h 55m 174m ascent This was a brief stroll through Dalbeattie Forest in pleasant weather. We had previously walked the Dalbeattie to Colvend path (once in rain, once in sunshine) but this time started at the … Continue reading
Deep in the forest
8.5 miles 2h 20min 320m ascent Ae Forest in search of the 7 Stanes. The weather was not the thundery heavy rain forecast, just a persistent drizzle (smirr). The route took us from the main car-park along a track … Continue reading
Law, Shank, Hill, Fell, Craig and Pen
9.6 miles 4h 43m 823m ascent The Ettrick Horseshoe: Bodesbeck Law, White Shank, Smidhope Hill, Capel Fell, Wind Fell, Hopetoun Craig, Ettrick Pen. Plan B (version 3). The original plan was the Awful Hand Ridge as a linear walk … Continue reading
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