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Hopping about the Galloway Forrest

Hopping about the Galloway Forrest


Postby ChelseaMurray » Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:40 pm

Corbetts included on this walk: Corserine

Donalds included on this walk: Carlin's Cairn, Corserine, Meikle Millyea, Milldown

Date walked: 31/03/2024

Time taken: 7.33 hours

Distance: 21.5 km

Ascent: 1100m

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Great day down in the Galloway Forrest
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Leaving the forest into the corrie


We chose to extend WH route to include Carlins Cairn, recommend doing it from this side.
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Corserine

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Carlins Cairn


Back over Corserine, and followed WH route onto Milllfire & Milldown
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Mill Fire (Donald Top en route)

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Mill Down

Before continuing on to Meikle Millyea, where we visited both the trig and cairn to prevent any loss of sleep over which one is potentially higher
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Cairn on Meikle Millyea

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Trig at Meikle Millyea


Great weather, aside from the wind which didn’t let up much but it didn’t put a damper on the day.
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Paths easy to follow, small scramble on descent but nothing to stress over.

Stopped for a coffee on the way home, and got free doughnuts 🥳😃
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Free doughnuts!
ChelseaMurray
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