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Recent Walks
- The Source of the Nith: Recce No.1
- Great Trossachs Path: 4 – Ancient woodland, Roman forts and saintly mounds
- Great Trossachs Path: 3 – Twa Brigs, Forestry and Goats
- Great Trossachs Path: 1 – Glen Arklet, the Garrison and Inversnaid Falls
- Ayrshire Coastal Path: 6 – Sandblown beaches, a Brig o’ Doon and Ayr’s Esplanade
- Ayrshire Coastal Path: 5 – castles, cephalopods and country parks
- Ayrshire Coastal Path: 4 – beaches, burns and bull pens
- Ayrshire Coastal Path: 3 – a very British picnic
- Ayrshire Coastal Path: 2 – beaches, barriers and braying bovines
- The Last of the Long Field Hills
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Tag Archives: Romans and Reivers
Scents, Standing Stones, Sweet soft fruit and sunburn: AW2
8.6 miles 3h 45m ascent 226m Annandale Way: Moffat to the A701 near Raehills The second leg of the Annandale Way took us from Moffat to a little north of St Anne’s Bridge leaving the River Annan to follow one … Continue reading
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Romans and Reivers: 8 – The tribute of a grateful tear
Whita Hill: 1.5 miles 33mins 87m ascent R&R Wilton Dean 2.9 miles 1h 28min 89m ascent On our previous R&R outing we reached the place we had thought was the end of the trail only to find R&R signposts pointing onwards. We had … Continue reading
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Romans and Reivers: 7 – towards the end
10.9 miles 5h 1m ascent 361m The quarry near Camp Burn to the Dunlop bench in Hawick “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ernest Hemingway This … Continue reading
Romans and Reivers: 6 – Larches and Hail
7.8 miles 3h 10m ascent 320m Craik forest circular via the quarry near Camp Burn Lesser celandine, primrose, daisy, larches, Borthwick Water, wee dog, hail and wind. This is a short straightforward section. We had 13 miles of the R&R … Continue reading
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Romans and Reivers: 5 – Craik Forest
7.7 miles 3hours ascent 295m Craik Forest Car Park to Craik Cross Hill and return This was a straightforward and relatively short route for once. We parked in Craik Forest car park and followed the R&R way markers up to … Continue reading
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Romans and Reivers: 4 – across the White Esk
14.2 miles 5h 50m ascent 484m Garwaldwaterfoot to Craik Cross Hill My original plan had been to walk from Garwaldwaterfoot to Craik Forest, a linear walk of about 10.5 miles, but getting there with cars at each end would have … Continue reading
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Romans and Reivers: 3 – through the cave of sorrows
13 miles 5h 33m 631m ascent Bellshaw Pool-Garwaldwaterfoot This, our third Romans and Reivers walk, took us from Moffat Dale to Eskdale, passing through the valleys of Wamphray Water, Dryfe Water, and Garwald Water, and past the … Continue reading
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Romans & Reivers: 2 – Vanishing leads and fortified houses
8.1 miles 3h 20m ascent 155m (descent 276m) The second leg of our Romans and Reivers walk. Earshaig to Bellshaw We took up the walk again where we finished the last section, where the forestry track carrying cycleway 10 crosses … Continue reading
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