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Recent Walks
- The Flowers of the Forest: Flodden Field
- Bamburgh: royal castle, aviation museum and a sycamore gap
- Lindisfarne
- A wee horseshoe from Langholm
- 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)
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Tag Archives: Paths
Nature and Nurture
Portrack Gardens 2.3 miles Crichope Linn 2.8 miles Today was a compare and contrast walk. The Garden of Cosmic Speculation at Portrack is open just one day per year, and today was the the day. There are photos in the … Continue reading
Threave’s drumlin swarm
5 miles 1h 45m ascent 76m Overcast, and unexpectedly dry. This easy stroll meandered around several wee hills that are part of a drumlin swarm near Castle Douglas. A new looking, or perhaps just well maintained track towards Threave Castle, … Continue reading
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Tagged Low Level, Paths, Ruins, Winter
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Splashing in Mabie
5.8 miles 1h 45m 284m An uneventful walk under the traditional grey skies of D&G, wet underfoot but not on the head, snow topped hills in the distance, avec les chiens. One of the latter snuggled up against me just … Continue reading
Lost in Almorness
8.3 miles 3h 10m Ascent 295m Mike’s evil twin, the one who takes over his body and mind when choosing routes, surpassed himself with this easy, flat stroll in the solway riviera. A short walk, on OS paths, so no … Continue reading
Annandale Way, Terminus Est: AW5
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
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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Tagged Annandale Way, Low Level, Paths, SUW
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Castles, carvings, and cloudless skies: AW4
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
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
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