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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
Dalbeattie to Colvend
A nice easy stroll through the woods on forest tracks. There are no steep hills and the total ascent is just 159m. There were several watering holes for the dogs but unfortunately there were also opportunities for them to get … Continue reading
Dumfries to Lochfoot
16 miles 4 hours 45 mins Total ascent 226m Pleasant walk with lots of lambs and calves, mounted damsels in (minimal) distress and even an orange-tipped butterfly. (Another Margaret walk) The cycle track from near the A701/A75 junction then … Continue reading
East Lodge to Mabie
20.1 miles 6 hours 10 mins Max elevation 326m total ascent 700m Fantastic walk. I’ve broken the 20 mile barrier! Shame there wasn’t enough milk for hot chocolate. The forestry have tracks from East Lodge, between Mainsriddle and … Continue reading
Margaret’s Mabie Special
18.2 miles 5 hours 40 mins Max elevation 192m but total ascent 642m A good walk at what I would regard as a blistering pace. I was certainly flagging at the end and if we had gone further … Continue reading
Cairnsmore of Dee and Benniguinea
9.5 miles 5 hours 30 mins 484m Surely these nine miles are worth 15? Was it a walk from hell? Not really, it could have been worse, but enjoyment was sadly lacking in the ascent. I found myself thinking “If … Continue reading
Older Walks
Mabie 8 February 7.7 miles elevation 188m time 2h 15m Mabie 14 February 7.2 miles elevation 188m time 2h Mabie 21 February 8.5 miles elevation 216m time 2h 30m This did seem a more arduous … Continue reading