Tag Archives: Donalds

The Western Ochil Donalds

April 21, 2013

15.6 miles  6h 30m  ascent 1093m Blairdenon hill-Greenforet Hill-Blairdenon Hill-Ben Buck-Ben Cleuch-Andrewgannel Hill-King’s Seat Hill An early breakfast, then up the road. I parked, as before, in the Ochil Hills Woodland Park, near Alva. A red banded way-marker shows the … Continue reading →

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Wet and Dry: Scaw’d Law and Glenleith Fell

April 13, 2013

7.53 miles 3h 12m ascent 552m Glenleith Fell-Scaw’d Law-Durisdeer Rig With a forecast of upland gales, new walk specifications came into play: not too far from home; no walking across steep sections where being blown over would be dangerous; a … Continue reading →

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The Louther Hills

March 31, 2013

9.6 miles  4h 52m  ascent 703m Comb head-Cold Moss-Lowther-Green Lowther-Peden Head-Dungrain Law I like to look into the origins of the names of the places I visit but I haven’t been impressed by suggestions that Lowther takes its name from … Continue reading →

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The Glen Artney 2Ks

March 16, 2013

10.2 miles   6h 8min  ascent 775m Am Beannan-Meall Clachach-Uamh Bheag-Beinn Odhar-Beinn nan Eun The Glen Artney Donalds. What? If Percy Donald didn’t include them, why should I  accept them as Donalds. Mind you, we shouldn’t blame the hills themselves. … Continue reading →

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Windlestraw winterland

March 9, 2013

9.48 miles   5h 37m  ascent 838m Glentress Rig-Windlestraw Law-Siller Road-Whitehope Law A winter’s day. Snow fell as I got my kit on and it proved colder than I expected. My fingers were soon numb making rummaging in the rucksack … Continue reading →

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Moorfoot’s: enchanted giants, secret cables and frozen land

February 23, 2013

11.4 miles  5h 3min   ascent 569m Blackhope Scar-Bowbeat Hill-Dundreich-Jeffries Corse It was a crisp cold morning with a forecast for snow flurries and summit temperatures of -4° C. Wondering what a flurry might be I had researched this prior to the … Continue reading →

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The Glenrath Hills: all four Donalds

February 16, 2013

13.2 miles  6h 58m  ascent 926m Windy Neese-Dun Rig-Birkscairn Hill-Glenrath Heights-Stob Law Last week I abandoned my expedition to these hills at Stob Law. If at first you don’t succeed….  try it anticlockwise. The Manor Glen at Glenrath looked the … Continue reading →

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The Glenrath hills: bailing after Stob Law

February 10, 2013

4.3 miles 3h 2min  ascent 446m Stob Law Mrs Drow ‘n’ Smirr had gathered her brows like a gathering storm. Her view being that the weather forecast and my plans for the Dun Rig Donalds were incompatible. I was not to be … Continue reading →

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