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- Mull of Galloway Trail: 5 – moorland, laight, and stane
- Mull of Galloway Trail: 4 – Swans, Gorse and missed turns
- Mull of Galloway Trail: 3 – oh ffs! off piste again
- Mull of Galloway Trail: 2 – trudging over shingle and wading through bracken
- The Mull of Galloway Trail: 1 – overgrown, elusive and unfrequented
- Eden Way: 12 – Water Cut, Ure Force and Ruswarp
- Loch Katrine
- Silver Jubilee Road
- Barlay Hill: another Monica
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Category Archives: Lanarkshire
Fell Shin to Dun Knees
8 miles 4h 15m ascent 673m Culter Fell-Chapelgill Hill-Cardon Hill The parking place, by the burn, past Culter Allers farm was flooded requiring some careful car placement to allow dry access to the door and boot; and the weather required … Continue reading
Lousie Wood Law
6.75 miles 3h 30m 580m ascent This walk started at the Glenochar Bastle House car park. Mine was the only car there, and I didn’t see another soul all day. The Bastle House and Fermtoun Trail is marked out by … Continue reading
Daer Again
6.4 miles 2h 45m 450m I started half way down Daer reservoir near a farmhouse and a small promontory named on the OS as the mound. There was no obvious parking space at Kirkhope Cleuch so I headed a little … Continue reading
Lonely Donalds in the mist
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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Lowthers in White and Green
7.31 miles 2h 45m 531m ascent Wanlockhead nestled in the green-brown mist covered hills smothered in drizzle. We swaddled ourselves in waterproofs, spied the southern upland way sign and set off up the track. The rain gradually changed to sleet … Continue reading
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Tinto
4.32 miles 2h 10m ascent 487m Tinto doesn’t look much as you stand at the bottom. The path looks easy going but it does go on a bit. There is a massive cairn at the top but no cover anywhere. … Continue reading