Tag Archives: Annandale Way

Southern Upland Way: the Middle Marches

May 24, 2014

The central section of the SUW, from the River Nith at Sanquhar to the River Tweed at Yair Bridge is 70.4 of the SUW’s 212 miles, though our journey clocked up 76.5 miles with 4403m ascent. This took us from … Continue reading →

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SUW12: Across the watershed

February 22, 2014

11 miles 5h 58min 881m ascent; max elevation 637m Croft Head This section took us from D&G into the Borders and over the watershed from rivers flowing to the Irish Sea to those heading for the North Sea. We … Continue reading →

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SUW11: Daer to Beattock

February 9, 2014

10.6 miles 465m ascent 5h 59m; max elevation 562m Hods Hill Route: SUW We wimped out on Saturday. Sorry, having considered the weather forecast and awoken to howling winds battering hailstones against the windows we rescheduled for Sunday. A good … Continue reading →

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The Crown of Scotland

July 5, 2012

8.34 miles 3h 50m 534m ascent Annanhead Hill-Great Hill-Chalk Rig Edge-Whitehope Heights-Whitehope Knowe-Lamb Craig-Crown of Scotland Thunderstorms were forecast for the west, so I headed for the Moffat Hills, where it was to be raining but quite warm. … Continue reading →

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Annandale Way, Terminus Est: AW5

September 5, 2010

10.9 miles 3h 27min 200m ascent Congratulations to all on completing the Annandale way. Tags for this walk: Bulls, quicksand, meadows, riverbanks, bridges, heiland coos, Criffel, Skiddaw, cairns, Nessie, signs where not needed, none when required, herons, totems, cornfields, graveyards, … Continue reading →

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Crooked Road and Rowan Tree: AW2.2

August 22, 2010

8.3 miles 2h 30min 297m ascent Good weather Waiting at Lochthorn the weather was beautiful, blue sky and distinct shadows. But as we headed north in convoy the sky became greyer and looked like rain. I began to think I … Continue reading →

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Castles, carvings, and cloudless skies: AW4

August 15, 2010

13.74 miles 5hours 425m ascent Beautiful weather. This was the best section of the Annandale way so far (in my opinion). I might be a little biased, of course, against the sections we walked in the rain. Or perhaps it … Continue reading →

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St Anns to Lochmaben: AW3

August 8, 2010

10.1 miles 167m ascent 3h 20mins Weather: excellent We waited, Jo and I, at Lochthorn, then joined the convoy to Lochmaben. Then sardine style to St Anns. A veritable menagerie presented itself during this walk: caterpillars, white sheep, black sheep, … Continue reading →