Langholm Walks: Guided Walks for 2008
April 6:
Target Burn,Castle Craigs,Rashiel. 11Km/6.5 Miles.
Max. Ht. 355m.
Start Kilngreen Car Park 10 a.m.
Finish Kilngreen.
Moderate. Bring a packed lunch.
The walk initially proceeds
Northwards along the side of the
Ewes
Valley
, on tracks. This is followed by
a steep climb on open hillside to The MacDiarmid
Memorial. Further track and open hillside
passes Castle Craigs , the Bible Fields, to Rashiel, and then back
around the
shoulder of Whita hill .Can be wet in places.
Walk Leader: Gavin Graham
May 4: Lower Tarras
valley. 13
Km/8 Miles. Max Ht. 151m.
Start Kilngreen Car Park 10 a.m.
Finish Kilngreen. Easy/Moderate.
Bring a packed lunch.
This is a new walk which includes the
lower end of the
Tarras valley from Tarrasfoot bridge to Cronksbank Bridge.
Mostly track and short sections of very quiet tarmac road. .Lovely walk through the deciduous
woodland along the
sides of the Tarras. Can be wet in parts.
Walk Leader: Bob McLure
June See
Langholm Walking Festival Programme.
July 6: Old Irvine
, Glencorf, Becks. 16Km./10
Miles. Max Ht. 180m.
Start Kilngreen Car Park 10a.m.
Finish Kilngreen. Moderate.
Bring a packed lunch.
This walk, from the current Langholm
Walks booklet, covers
some wonderful varied scenery to the West and South of Langholm. A
mixture of
track, open hillside, and a short stretch of very quiet road. Can be
wet in
places.
Walk Leader: Kenneth Pool
August 3:
Glendinning, Corlaw,
Greensykes, the Telford
Memorial and the
Antimony Mine. 14
Km/8.5 miles.
Max Ht. 340 m.
Start 10a.m. Telford
Memorial Car Park
at Glendinning ,Meggat
Water,G.R.299970 NY. Finish at the same car park.
Bring a packed lunch. Moderate.
An entirely new walk taking in the
new Thomas Telford
Memorial, the Antimony Mine, and a lovely walk through woodland up the
Meggat
Water. Mostly forest track., but short section of open hillside.
Walk Leader: Gavin Graham
September 7: Mid
Hill, Clagberry Hill,
Fingland Knowe, Glencorf Burn and Becks. 14 Km./8.5 miles. Max
Ht.382m.
Start 10a.m. and finish at Kilngreen
Car Park. Strenuous.
Bring a packed lunch.
A modification of a previous walk including the new Wind
Turbines, and a new
area in Fingland Knowe.
Mostly open
hillside , and wet at times. Wonderful views in all directions.
Walk Leader: Charlie Graham
October 5:
Meikledale Walk. 14Km/9
miles. Max Ht. 526m.
Start 10a.m. Ewes Village Hall ( W. side of A7, 5 miles N.
of Langholm
G.R.377925 NY.
Finish Ewes Hall.
Strenuous.
Bring a packed lunch.
New walk opened a year ago, and now
features as an addendum
in the Langholm Walks booklet. The first and last 3 Km.
( approx ) are relatively easy on farm
tracks. The central section is open hillside, rough, pathless, often
wet and is
slow going. Superb views in all directions.
Walk Leader: Mike Tinker &
Ming Beattie
November 2:
Canonbie circular walk.
15Km./9.5 miles.Max Ht.119m.
Start at 10 a.m. Canonbie Village
Hall. Finish Canonbie
Hall. Moderate.
Bring a packed lunch.
This is a long but easy walk which
takes you through the
award winning village of Rowanburn
and follows
the banks of the Liddel and Esk rivers.
Walk Leader: Ian Lindsay
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