Tag Archives: Paths

Sanquhar and the SUW

January 29, 2012

7.4 miles 3h  288m ascent Along the SUW west from Sanquhar A few more miles of SUW. I decided to start   from Sanquhar and walk out along the SUW far enough to look down the Scaur valley then head … Continue reading →

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Mystery above the Laggan’s Loch

August 28, 2011

7.25 miles  2h 15m  ascent 252m Craigencallie, Loch Dee, White Laggan and the Glentrool Giant Axe Head I have both driven and walked the road from Clatteringshaws past Craigencallie, but have never actually spotted Craigencallie House, where I planned to … Continue reading →

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The Gowans Fyn

August 20, 2011

4.6 miles     1h 54m    164m ascent Newcastleton, 7 stanes Border Stane A nice easy walk, starting at the 7-stanes Trailhead car park about a mile and half east of Newcastleton. My schoolboy error was to take a … Continue reading →

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Heart, Mote and Slab

August 14, 2011

6.4 miles   1h 55m   174m ascent This was a brief stroll through Dalbeattie Forest in pleasant weather. We had previously walked the Dalbeattie to Colvend path (once in rain, once in sunshine) but this time started at the … Continue reading →

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Deep in the forest

August 7, 2011

8.5 miles   2h 20min    320m ascent Ae Forest in search of the 7 Stanes. The weather was not the thundery heavy rain forecast, just a persistent drizzle (smirr). The route took us from the main car-park along a track … Continue reading →

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Galloway Wild Art

July 23, 2011

This is a repeat of the northern section of the Black Loch and the Eye walk, but this time in sunshine rather than rain. We went up the track from the Queen’s Way to the eastern end of Black Loch … Continue reading →

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Mabie by the uphill path

July 10, 2011

  6.3 miles   1h 55m  340m ascent A relatively short walk but with quite a bit of ascent for a Mabie stroll. Our usual route has about 100m less of ascent and most of that is concentrated in the … Continue reading →

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Skerrow Halt

June 26, 2011

  10.1 miles        3h 3min     285m ascent Stroan Loch-Airie-Loch Skerrow-Auchencloy-Barney Water-Raider’s Road-Stroan Loch. The forecast was a cloud base at 250m, so I decided to stick to a low level walk. As it turned out … Continue reading →

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