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Recent Walks
- 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)
- The Comedy Way: 3 – bring me sunshine
- The Comedy Way: 2 – the two chimneys
- The Comedy Way: 1 – another nice mess
- Butterhole Hill: Another of Monica’s neighbours
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Tag Archives: Donalds
Blackhouse Heights
7.2 miles 3h 40m ascent 521m Langhaugh Hill-Waddyside Rig-Black Cleuch Hill-White Cleuch Hill-Black Law-Sting Rig Back to the Manor Glen once more, I parked opposite the mysterious doorway in Langhaugh Hill that may look like the entrance to the Hall … Continue reading
Lowly Dugland
12.5 miles 5h 30m 611m ascent Trostan Hill-Windy Standard-Dugland Dugland was No.133 on Percy Donald’s list of “two-thousand feet tops of the Scottish lowland uplands” but it has been struck from modern list now its height is reckoned to be … Continue reading
Taberon Law to The Scrape
9.6 miles 4h 34min ascent 757m Taberon Law-Middle Hill-Pykestone Hill-The Scrape My red face and arms following this outing are testimony to the sunny weather, but I still found the wind cool enough to need a jacket at … Continue reading
Cramalt Craig and its Tops
12.7 miles 6h 23m ascent 997m Cauldstane Rig-Lair Knowe-Greenside Law-Shielhope Head-Notman Law-Dun Law-Cramalt Craig-Hunt Law-Pykestone Knowe-Clockmore Being the end of May, Summer had shown itself at last. I parked by the viewing area by the Megget reservoir under full cloud … Continue reading
Beninner by the bridges
9.3 miles 4h 49m ascent 770m Black Shoulder-Beninner-Cairnsmore of Carsphairn There is plenty of parking space in the lay-by across the road from the Green Well of Scotland. A new information sign just inside the first gate, has … Continue reading
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Ellers Cleuch Round
5.3 miles 2h 53min ascent 496m Strawberry Hill-Garelet Dod-Ellers Cleuch Rig-Din Law A bad weather day: drow ‘n’ smirr, with strong winds. I drove past the Menzion stones on the way in and parked at end of Fruid reservoir. … Continue reading
The Garden Path: Windy Gyle and the Cheviot
13.9 miles 5h 47m 780m ascent Windy Gyle-The Cheviot-Auchope Cairn My final Donald, hence my grin in the photograph above. Though this was my longest drive for a Donald-bagging outing, in time if not miles, we still found … Continue reading
Glensherup Round
7.9 miles 3h 43m ascent 539m Innerdownie-Whitewisp Hill-Tarmangie Hill-Cairnmorris Hill-Ben Shee This was a straightforward route starting from the reservoir; through the forest to Innerdownie; along the ridge to Whitewisp Hill and Tarmangie Hill; across the shallow col to Cairnmorris … Continue reading