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Steplar Path: Cook’s Cairn

Cook’s Cairn (NJ 302278, 755m) 17 kilometres740 metres of ascent The guidebooks usually send you in to Cook’s Cairn from the south—from Tomnavoulin up Glen Livet and Glen Suie. But I wanted to walk in from the east, along part of the old drove road called The Steplar. There was enough room to run the … Continue reading Steplar Path: Cook’s Cairn

Rhins of Galloway: Aldouran Glen

3 kilometres 70 metres of ascent I wouldn’t normally trouble you with such a piddling little pre-lunch stroll. But it’s a pretty place, part of a community project, and (situated as it is in the wilds of the Rhins Peninsula) I suspect it doesn’t get much passing trade. So if you’re in the vicinity of … Continue reading Rhins of Galloway: Aldouran Glen