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Recent Walks
- 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
- Quintinshill and the River Sark
- The Debatable Lands on the King Charles III England Coast Path
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood: Annandale Way – Lockerbie variant (part 2)
- Two roads diverged in a yellow wood: Annandale Way – Lockerbie variant (part 1)
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Category Archives: Dumfries & Galloway
New abbey to mabie forest
12.4 miles Total Ascent 388m Time 3:32:18 walking, 20 mins resting. Sun, snow, blue then grey foreboding skies, but no rain. Another interesting walk. It was nice to expand beyond Mabie. I have no idea why I got … Continue reading
Glenmidge
7.74 miles, 315m ascent, 2h 18m. I thought the pace was just too fast for comfort, but Elaine informed me it couldn’t have been too fast.. because I could still talk. Good walking weather, but too misty for proper photos. … Continue reading
Mabie Forest (Dreaded Brown Walk)
6.67 miles total ascent 290m 2 hours The dreaded brown walk, not particularly long but enough to work up a thirst. Despite being a bit steep in one part, the brown walk has always … Continue reading
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Cairnsmore of Carsphairn
7.4 miles 3h 45m 690m ascent This started as a clear, blue skied slightly frosty day. It seemed ideal for walking. The field with cows that two months earlier had been a quagmire of mud and excrement was now frozen. … Continue reading
Cairnkinna
This walk started with blue sky and became gradually more overcast, but I managed to be off the hill before the heavens fully opened. The route was easy enough to follow. Firstly up the path towards Woodend Farmhouse, then up … Continue reading
Bishop Forest Hill
The day started at Mabie forest car park. No one else had turned up. Then my phone rang. Everyone else was at Ae forest. Chinese whispers had corrupted my message. It was too late to join them at Ae so … Continue reading
Cairnsmore of Carsphairn
This was a difficult walk because the errant border terrier Leo chose to do a runner and could not be found. As you will see from the photos, it was a beautiful day for walking. The picture above is the … Continue reading
Mabie Forest
7.2 miles, total ascent 274m about 2.5 hours This was the walk from Mabie down to Trostan, along to Lotus Hill and back up into Mabie. Nice weather, randy dogs, and hot drinks at the end. What more can … Continue reading