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The Red Squirrels of Eskrigg
John was delighted that this village was named after him. This weeks Wednesday walk took us to Lockerbie as I had to drop Gaye off at Lockerbie Station for a trip to Glasgow to see The Streamie. She...
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River Esk Walk from Canonbie to Langholm
My favourite walk is along the river Esk from Canonbie to Langholm. I tried about 4 or 5 years ago to get this walk as one of The Langholm Walks network but Buccleuch Estates refused permission. Since...
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Another Walk in Silloth and a Disappearing Hotel
This was the Skinburness Hotel when we walked at Silloth on 1st June 2017 and the photo below was it when John and I walked the route today. I don't know what will happen to the site but the hotel was...
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A Missed Walk but a Good Day at DGRI
Instead of my usual Wednesday Walk with the lads today we had a 6 month appointment for Gaye at DGRI. It was great news as her blood count is down yet again so its another 6 months before we have to go...
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Rain, Rain, and even more Rain
This was the forecast for today so our proposed walk was cancelled and instead we lunched at Whitshiels and then headed down to  Gilnockie Tower to view the newly opened Visitor Centre for Clan...
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Marvellous Walk in Moniaive
Todays walk in Moniaive had been planned a few weeks ago but we were only able to go today and without John as he is still in Edinburgh. It was a perfect day for walking but very cold. The instructions...
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A Visit to Sycamore Gap on The Roman Wall
The forecast for today was rain from 1.00pm in the area we were walking near Haltwhistle so we headed off early and had started our walk by 10.00am.  The start of our walk from Steel Rigg on The Roman...
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Tom's 75th Birthday Walk in Holyrood Park
Tom celebrates his three quarters century on Sunday so he choose Edinburgh for his Birthday Walk as he was unable to attend John's one in Edinburgh in September when he was recovering from his...
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A Walk in Penton
It had originally only been Tom and myself that were going on this Penton walk but John's travel arrangements to Cambridgeshire were delayed due to snow in the Midlands so we enjoyed his company for...
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My favourites photographs of 2017
New Years day 2017 and our annual walk round Potholm to finish in the Market Place at 11.00am to coincide with the finish of the Whisky run. Bowman as usual keeps us in hand. This was not taken by me...
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Foiled by Floods in Carlisle
Our first Wednesday walk of 2018 and our plan to walk at Newcastleton was changed as the weather forecast was awful. The forecast for Carlisle was much better with no rain until mid afternoon so we...
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A Misty Day in Newcastleton
It was just Peter and myself today for our Wednesday Walk and the weather was pretty dismal although it was not raining. This photo in the forest at Dykecrofts gives an idea what the visibility was...
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No Snow at Gretna
Only 1 photo today as my camera has packed up and then my phone run out of power 2 minutes after this photo was taken. Tom reckoned we should head for Longtown as there would be no snow there and in...
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Another Canonbie Circuit
We had a late start this morning so decided on a fairly local walk at Canonbie and because the ground was so wet in fields we kept to the quiet roads. We started at Rowanburn and headed over the old...
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Langholm's 12 Bridges with John & Marion
The purpose of our walk round Langholm's 12 Bridges today was to show Marion & John Glover a walking route for a Walking Club visit to Langholm at the end of February. Marion will lead this walk so...
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A Circular Walk Round Carlisle Airport
I had plotted a 7.5 mile route round Carlisle Airport with the first part of the walk following The Roman Wall. As a result of getting lost in a wood we added at least another 1.5 miles to the distance...
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Wilton Park in Hawick and a New Cafe
After our long cold walk last week we headed to Wilton Park in Hawick today for a walk through the park and along the Teviot. The idea was to visit the new cafe for a coffee at the end of our walk but...
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A Visit to Eskrigg
As it was half term school holidays I had arranged with Rick Taylor to take Hannah onto the Langholm Moor. Unfortunately the weather was not suitable for going up onto the Moor but we did visit the...
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Bentpath to Potholm in a Blizzard
We always walk from Bentpath through Westerhall estate to see the Snowdrops at this time of year but this week it was not just Snowdrops but snowflakes we had to put up with. Because the weather was...
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From Claygate to Langholm via Howgillcleuch
We had a later start today but the weather was perfect for our 8 mile walk from Claygate back to Langholm via Howgillcleuch. This used to be a very popular walk at The Walking Festival but it was 2...
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