Southern Upland Way

juli 2017

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Brian Gallagher Southern Upland Way
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- 25. jul. 2017, 21:06
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Høyde: 7 m
- Skottland East Lothian Dunbar Dunbar Roads 56.005149, -2.52590256°0’19” N 2°31’33” W
Dag 15
Longformacus to Cockburnspath
25. juli 2017, Skottland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
The final day was supposed to be cloudy. It rained: very our fellow walkers and retired to bed. gently.
We decided to take a taxi to Abbey St Bathans as we did not think we would make it to catch the last bus to Dunbar, our final destination.
A pleasant walk by the river was followed by meadows of heavy, freed grass.
We made good progress and I lead at a faster than normal pace. After about 4 hours we entered a forest trail with lots of fungi.
We were tiring and when we encountered some heavy bush/bashing at the Pease Dean wildlife reserve. They really do need to do some serious maintenue on this section.
A short detour to cast our stones into the sea was followed by a coffee at the caravan park.
We then took a short cut as I wanted to catch the 1504 bus to Dunbar. We made it with 4 minutes to spare.
We had a good evening meal., said hi to our fellow walkers and then retired to bed, thankful to have finished the SUW.Les mer
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Ulrike Seck Congrats! This walk sounds much more exhausting and tiring than the SWCP - You can be very proud of what you've achieved! Keep my fingers crossed for better weather. Here in Bielefeld we had two days of constant rain, it just stopped this morning....
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Brian Gallagher Southern Upland Way
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- 25. jul. 2017, 20:49
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Høyde: 7 m
- Skottland East Lothian Dunbar Dunbar Roads 56.005335, -2.52583156°0’19” N 2°31’33” W
Dag 15
Day 14. Lauder to Longformacus
25. juli 2017, Skottland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
A long, boring day over the moors. Our climb to the moors commenced after a short time and it wasn't long before the Swiss group joined and then passed us. We have had our fill of moors. This is a desolate area with lots of grouse. Soon to be shot at as the season opens on the tenth of August.
On our arrival at Twin Law on the Lammermuir hill we joined
Barbara, Tina, Walter and Patrick having lunch. Very enjoyable meeting.
They left and shortly after we continued.
Very pleased to arrive at Longformacus. We are all staying at the only BnB in town. There was a mix-up in transport arrangements to the nearby town of Duns, but we had an enjoyable evening.Les mer
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- 25. jul. 2017, 20:37
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Høyde: 9 m
- Skottland East Lothian Dunbar Dunbar Roads 56.005331, -2.52603556°0’19” N 2°31’34” W
Dag 15
Day 13 Galashiels to Lauder
25. juli 2017, Skottland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Weather forecast heavy rain. Not wanting to be drowned again we arranged to accompany our bags to Lauder.!
The morning was spent viewing Galashiels in the rain. Had a decent coffee in a Turkish cafe and engaged in conversation with the owners and their clients. They were impressed with our exploits.
Lauder is a quiet. Lovely town. The owners of our BnB have sold up to join their two sons in OZ. The Gold Coast. John & Ruth couldn't stop talking about their excitement at living in Oz.
It was frustrating because the heavy rain did not happen and we could have walked.Les mer
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- 23. jul. 2017, 06:52
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Høyde: 114 m
- Skottland The Scottish Borders Galashiels 55.614082, -2.80707155°36’51” N 2°48’25” W
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Day 12. Innerleithen to Galashiels
23. juli 2017, Skottland ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Weather forecast not good but we left at 8 am after breakfast. Light rain.
We left the road after 35 mins and started the long climb up to Minch Moor on the old droving trail. Today, it seems. Is the day for meeting people. Two boys walking the dogs and then two runners. The runners told us they were organising, next year, a run over the SUW. There welcome to that.
The mist thickened as we continued our climb, passing the sculpture in the heather, Resolution.
Fortunately the track was clearly defined as the mist continued to thicken.
Another walker loomed out of the mist coming towards us. A Dutchman who had walked from Lands End and hoped to reach Edinburgh.
I took a photo of Shirl in the mist. She was about 50 metres away.
Reaching the Three Brethren was a relief because we now were going down. Or so we thought. With about two hours to go the rain really intensified just as we started going up again. Quite a nasty little climb.
Relieved we reached our destination after 7-3/4 hours. Drenched.Les mer
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- 21. jul. 2017, 17:33
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Høyde: 141 m
- Skottland The Scottish Borders Innerleithen Leithen Water 55.619427, -3.06331355°37’10” N 3°3’48” W
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Day 11. St Mary's Loch to Innerleithen.
21. juli 2017, Skottland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Just after we started we made a small diversion to the ruined Dryhope tower. Built by the local Laird in the 15 hundreds to protect him and his family from marauders.
From there it was a good ,grassy, track over the moors. No "Boggy Bog" according to Shirl. This is better country with lots of sheep. Apart from a light shower it was an overcast bday, good for walking.
Innerleithen is a good 3 kms off the track. Unfortunately on Tarmac.Les mer
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- 21. jul. 2017, 17:22
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Høyde: 147 m
- Skottland The Scottish Borders Innerleithen Leithen Water 55.619579, -3.06289955°37’10” N 3°3’46” W
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Day 10. Moffat to St Mary,s Loch.
21. juli 2017, Skottland ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
The Swiss group left just after 8 while we waited for the taxi to take us and our bags to The Gordon Arms.
A lovely drive and we arrived at 12.
After lunch a short walk and then we rested.
A good evening meal and the Swiss told us of there travels. Apparently a lot of road walking.Les mer
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- 21. jul. 2017, 07:37
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Høyde: 221 m
- Skottland Altrieve Burn 55.51317, -3.09729555°30’47” N 3°5’50” W
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Day 9. Rest Day Moffat.
21. juli 2017, Skottland ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Sorry about the mix up in the days. Must be old age. A quiet restful day resting and wandering around town.
The afternoon saw 4 Swiss walkers arrive to walk from Moffat to Cockburnpath. Younger and fitter.
We were told to buy "Jungle Juice" to ward off the midges and horse flies. Which we did. ( Jungle Formula with Deet)
I forgot to tell you about the seagulls , in Stranraer, that built there nest on a sailors car. He was away for two months. He was not allowed to remove the nest or his car. So it sits in the car park until the authorities allow him to move it.
Dinner was at the Star Hotel. The narrowest pub in the world.(In the Guinness book of records)
I have enclosed a poem about Moffat weather.Les mer
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- 19. jul. 2017, 13:03
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Høyde: 88 m
- Skottland Dumfries and Galloway Moffat 55.337601, -3.4472555°20’15” N 3°26’50” W
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19. juli 2017, Skottland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
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- 19. jul. 2017, 12:47
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Høyde: 93 m
- Skottland Dumfries and Galloway Moffat 55.337452, -3.44749755°20’15” N 3°26’51” W
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Day7. Daer reservoir to Moffat
19. juli 2017, Skottland ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
In preparation for a long day we breakfasted at 7 am and as suggested by Rab & Rachel we were driven to Daer Reservoir. "Walking from Overfingland to Daer Reservoir is no worth the effort"
We commenced walking at 8-15 and in two hours we had walked the roller coaster over Sweetshaw Brae(448m), Hod's Hill (567m) and Beld Knowe (507m). There are a
an incredible amount of wind turbines in this area.(magnify the photo). Then followed the long descent where we shed all the height down a forest fire trail. The walking was reasonably good and with my trusty app we had no problems following the path.
Lunch was taken in Brattleburn Bothy. Heaven! Chairs to sit on. Two Aussies from Tasmania had made the last log entry 3 days ago(see photo). They had lots of saws here.
A climb over Craig Hill (360m) followed before the terrain levelled off.
We met two females walkers and their dog out for a ramble who told us the going was easy to Moffat.
In case you think we are superhuman the total ascent for all the climbs was about 750 ms
We hit the so/called Crooked Road and then followed 5kms on Tarmac. Thankfully the girls met us about 1 1/2!kms from town and gave us a lift. We had nearly drunk all our water and were a little dehydrated on this hot.long walk.
Rest day tomorrow.Les mer
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Pam Whittaker The saws might be a hint for some renovations???
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- 17. jul. 2017, 17:05
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Høyde: 398 m
- Skottland South Lanarkshire Leadhills 55.415963, -3.7608155°24’57” N 3°45’39” W
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Day 7. Sanquhar to Overfingland.
17. juli 2017, Skottland ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Last night I thought I had a major problem. I had sent emails confirming our reservations on the West Highland Way. All confirmed except one which told me the reservation was cancelled. A phone call and a couple of emails solved the problem. The lass had misread my email. What a relief.
Today we caught a bus up to Wanlockhead, the highest village in the UK. It was the centre of lead mining in this area. Everything was closed on Mondays.
The walk to the pick-up point at Overfingland crossed the highest point in the walk at 725 m. Mountains between 2000-3000 are Donald's. Above 3000m they are referred to as Munros. What followed was a series of steep ascents/descents as we made our way across the moorland. Good track for 2/3rds then some bog. Quite manageable.
Weather was fine with a brisk, cool breeze. Good for walking.
Ran, the owner of Hopetoun Arms Hotel in Leadhills, picked us up and drove us back to the hotel. The highest in Scotland.
Didn't take many photos today as it was of moorlands and the camera does not do justice to this type of scenery.
The ball on the top of the hill is a radar station.Les mer
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