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| John was staying in Moffat this week in a holiday cottage so he can visit his mum in her Care Home on a daily basis. We picked him up in Moffat and headed off to Leadhills for our walk to Wanlockhead and back. Our intention was to walk along the railway line for the first half of the walk and then go along part of the Southern Upland Way and an old trail back to Leadhills. Unfortunately the weather was pretty bad with low cloud and high winds so we decided to just come back more or less the same way we had gone to avoid going into the hills. This is the start of the walk at Leadhills Station. |
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| The line out of the station |
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| This small station near Wanlockhead is as far as the narrow gauge line goes. It hopefully will eventually get as far as Wanlockhead. This station is the highest in Britain at almost 1500ft. |
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| This was Wanlockhead in the mist |
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| This is the old Bowling Green which looks as if it has not been played on for a few years. |
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| As we walked into Wanlockhead we noticed what we thought was razor wire round all the street lights, but on closer inspection we realised that they were Christmas Lights |
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| At the Visitor Centred we noticed these tubs and our guess was that they are used to assist people when they pan for gold next to the burn that runs beside the Centre. |
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| This small glen next to the Visitor Centre has been developed as a lovely walkway. |
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| Looking down the glen from the top looking towards the Visitor Centre |
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| On our way home we noticed this brand new Power Sub Station which has recently been built to handle the Electricity from the many Wind Turbines in the area. We headed back to Moffat for a nice lunch in the Balmoral and dropped John back at his holiday cottage |
