Category Archives: Dumfries & Galloway

Galloway Wild Art

July 23, 2011

This is a repeat of the northern section of the Black Loch and the Eye walk, but this time in sunshine rather than rain. We went up the track from the Queen’s Way to the eastern end of Black Loch … Continue reading →

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The Silver Flowe

July 16, 2011

  6.4 miles   4h 31m    511m ascent   Backhill of Bush, the Silver Flowe, Nick of the Dungeon, Dungeon Hill, the Devil’s Bowling Green and Craignaw.   The forecast was for rain and low cloud but as I … Continue reading →

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Mabie by the uphill path

July 10, 2011

  6.3 miles   1h 55m  340m ascent A relatively short walk but with quite a bit of ascent for a Mabie stroll. Our usual route has about 100m less of ascent and most of that is concentrated in the … Continue reading →

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Following the fence posts to Curleywee

July 4, 2011

6.1 miles      3h 38m       592 m ascent A round of the Minnigaff hills: Larg Hill, Lamachan Hill, Bennanbrack and Curleywee. After the many wet and cloudy weekends we were at last blessed with sun. I … Continue reading →

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Skerrow Halt

June 26, 2011

  10.1 miles        3h 3min     285m ascent Stroan Loch-Airie-Loch Skerrow-Auchencloy-Barney Water-Raider’s Road-Stroan Loch. The forecast was a cloud base at 250m, so I decided to stick to a low level walk. As it turned out … Continue reading →

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Go on, make my day

June 19, 2011

4.8 miles 2h 33m. 244m ascent The Clints of Dromore The forecast was for a cloud base at 450m so I decided to give the bigger hills a miss. I have grown tired of climbing into mist where I can … Continue reading →

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Mullwharchar

June 12, 2011

9.8 miles 4h 45m 680m ascent The remotest hill in Galloway? I’d been longing to climb Mullwharchar for a while, but the routes were off-putting. I didn’t fancy tramping up the Gairland Burn when it had been raining all week … Continue reading →

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Lonely Donalds in the mist

May 15, 2011

8.5 miles 500m ascent 4 hours A less than perfect forecast, and the met office almost got it right. Cloud covered hill tops, correct, and showers, incorrect. Heavy persistent rain. Loki, god of mischief, was working overtime today. My camera … Continue reading →

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