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- Mull of Galloway Trail: 3 – oh ffs! off piste again
- Mull of Galloway Trail: 2 – trudging over shingle and wading through bracken
- The Mull of Galloway Trail: 1 – overgrown, elusive and unfrequented
- Eden Way: 12 – Water Cut, Ure Force and Ruswarp
- Loch Katrine
- Silver Jubilee Road
- Barlay Hill: another Monica
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Tag Archives: Raiders
The Fastness of Buchan
10.44 miles 5h 12m ascent 271m Craigencallie-Back Hill of Bush The Dungeon of Buchan is not a deep dark prison. It is an Daingean, the stronghold of Buchan. In the photograph above I am beneath its ramparts. But don’t be … Continue reading
The Midges of Minnoch
7.14 miles 4h 25m ascent 166m Phew! It was too hot for hill walking, but escaping sunstroke would mean braving meanbh-chuileag and their buzzing buddies. Midge bites won over sunstroke. Sphagnum, purple moor grass and soft rush are the midges … Continue reading
Raiders: The Merrick
8.84 miles 6h 40m ascent 865mMossdale to Merrick (part 6) This, part 7 of our Raiders walks, was the sixth and final of the Mossdale to Merrick trail. As with each of the other Raiders’ sections we walked the same … Continue reading
Raiders: mountain, strath and stream
Mossdale to Merrick (part 5)7.89 miles 4h 24m ascent 322m Loch Trool to Loch Dee The sixth of our Raiders walks took us from the “treeless waste around the lonely mountain lake”, Loch Dee, to the “sylvan woods and bright … Continue reading
The Raiders: worts and all
8.88 miles 4h 28m ascent 217mMossdale to Merrick (part 4) Craigencallie to the Axe Head Stane Part 5 of our Raiders outings took us from Craigencallie to the Axe Head Stane (and back). Had car sharing been allowed this section … Continue reading
The Other Side of the Raiders Road
9.67 miles 4h 25m (no breaks!) ascent 242m midges, milkwort, scent of pine, the ford, red pine, forestry in all stages, deep sphagnum, bluebells in the open, trees standing, felled, fallen, fallen and cut, eared? willow aplenty, rain but warm, … Continue reading
The Raiders: Clatteringshaws to Craigencallie
10.67 miles 5h 5mins ascent 243mMossdale to Merrick (part 3) In the footsteps of Crockett’s Raiders, from the Raiders Road to Craigencallie, Spring’s sunshine practising for Summer, the heather and bracken a little tardy, and the dogs keen for an … Continue reading
Raiders Road: Mossdale to the Otter Pool
11.4 miles 5h 9m ascent 221mMossdale to Merrick (part 1) Mossdale to the Otterpool by the old railway to Stroan loch then the Raiders Road In Samuel Crockett’s book The Raiders his hero tracks a band of reivers and cattle … Continue reading