Tag Archives: Wee Hills

SUW15: The Old Drove Road

13.7 miles  6h 25m   ascent 848m; max elevation 567m Minch Moor Route: SUW Traquair to Gala with a diversion to Minch Moor’s summit For much of this section the SUW followed an Old Drove Road and there were Cross … Continue reading

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Darnaw’s Dragonfly Monument

5.8 miles  4h 30m  ascent 340m Route: Quarry SE of Clatteringshaws, Low Craignell, Craignell, Darnaw, Dragonfly Monument Then we set off again over two very desolate hills that have for names, as Sammle told me, Craignell and Darnaw. We were high up on them and keeping … Continue reading

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The Loch Urr Marilyns

Fell Hill   4.2 miles  2h 1m  265m ascent;  Bogrie Hill  2.5 miles 1h 29m  221m ascent These are a couple of wee hills either side of Loch Urr. I imagine in better visibility the views would be better and … Continue reading

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The Wiss

4.6 miles  2h 8m  ascent 346m Route: Tibbie Shiels-SUW-Wester Rig-Long Moor-The Wiss-Nether Hill This was a simple walk. My plan was to start at Tibbie Shiel’s Inn, head south along the SUW for about a mile, over Wester Rig and … Continue reading

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Broughton Heights

6.9 miles  3h 45m  ascent 669m Route: Broughton Place-Broomy Side-Pyked Stane-Broomy Heights-Hammer Head-Trahenna Hill A first outing to this group of wee hills. I was considering taking in all three Marilyns but opted for two instead. There was sunshine with … Continue reading

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SUW11: Daer to Beattock

10.6 miles  465m ascent  5h 59m; max elevation 562m Hods Hill Route: SUW We wimped out on Saturday. Sorry, having considered the weather forecast and awoken to howling winds battering hailstones against the windows we rescheduled for Sunday. A good … Continue reading

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Marthrown Hill: almost

5.1 miles  2h 34m  ascent 336m Route: Mabie Forest, around Marthrown Hill on MTB tracks then up and over in the trees Feeling a little under the weather I decided to ditch the planned walk (which included an FFS section) … Continue reading

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Wells o’ the Rees

7.8 miles  4h 42min  ascent 303m Route: Derry Farm-Craig Airie Fell-Craigmoddie This walk combined a visit to the Wells o’ the Rees and Linn’s Tomb with a recce of parking places for a future SUW leg. The sun was out … Continue reading

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