River Ayr Way 3

Day 3 Stair – Ayr (12 miles) Unlike the previous night I had a comfortable nights sleep, I would imagine mainly due to the cloud cover keeping things fairly mild.  I could even go as far as saying that it was too warm in the tent – I was in fact sweating my nads off, [...]

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River Ayr Way 2

Day 2 Sorn(ish) – Stair (17 Miles) It hadn’t been the most comfortable night I’ve ever had in the tent, in fact, if I’m honest it was pretty damn cold, especially early in the morning before the sun had come up properly.  In an attempt to warm up, the sleeping bag was dispensed with and [...]

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River Ayr Way 1

Day 1 Glenbuck – Sorn(ish) (16 miles) With the good weather coming to an end (20 plus degrees in Scotland in March!?) I had a small window of opportunity to bag a short trail, and one that was relatively local to boot. The River Ayr Way had been on the radar for a while, the [...]

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Annandale Way – Day 3

Lochmaben – Hoddom Castle – 14 miles A shorter day was on the cards today so we decided to make  a quick getaway.  The rain had come overnight and the temperature had dropped considerably.  It was dry as we packed the tent, the dirty great big black cloud that was hovering nearby threatening to drop [...]

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St Cuthberts Way

St Cuthberts Way Day 5 – Kyloe to Lindesfarne – via Pilgrims Path The final day of the walk started with grey, but thankfully dry sky (we were yet to discover our planning faux pas).  We had a little time to kill, with only a short walk of 4 or 5km to the Causeway and [...]

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St Cuthberts Way

St Cuthberts Way – Day 4 Wooler – Kyloe – Approx 20km This was to be a slightly shorter day for us, a decision made due to the tide tables which dictate safe crossing times to Lindesfarne.  We had decided that the days walk would cut things a little fine to cross so we would [...]

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St Cuthberts Way

St Cuthberts Way – Day 3 Kirk Yetholm – Wooler –  approx 13 miles One thing I forgot to mention about the previous day was the rather spectacular hill fort that could clearly be seen from the top of Wideopen hill, perched somewhat clumsily on top of Hownam Law.  These hill forts were to become [...]

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St Cuthberts Way

St Cuthberts Way – Day 2 Harestanes to Kirk Yetholm – approx 16 miles A fairly early start from the campsite saw us up and packed by 8 am, ready for the bus back to Harestanes – another Munro’s bus, but this time with a very accommodating driver who very kindly let us off the [...]

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St Cuthberts Way

St Cuthberts Way Day 1 Melrose to Harestanes (Ancrum) The St Cuthberts Way was to be my third trail of the year.  Even after studying the guidebook and website I had developed some preconceived ideas about the trail, a cross border route from Melrose to Lindesfarne. The way is named after the 7th Century Monk [...]

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Dales Way

Day 5 Dent – Grayrigg (07/04/10) Lets start with the campsite.  Easy access from the Dalesway, it is right on the town and as the photo above shows, it’s in quite an outstanding location.  It was £4 a night for a pitch too, which isn’t bad.  The owners of the site, while being a tad [...]

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