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Dun Rig circuit Peebles
Dun Rig circuit Peebles
by Johnny Corbett » Mon Oct 03, 2011 6:00 pm
Route description: Dun Rig Horseshoe, Peebles
Grahams included on this walk: Dun Rig
Donalds included on this walk: Birkscairn Hill, Dun Rig, Glenrath Heights, Stob Law
Date walked: 14/09/2011
Time taken: 5 hours
5 people think this report is great. Register or Login free to be able to rate and comment on reports (as well as access 1:25000 mapping).At the end of Glen road there is a small parking area, from here you can head straight on along the path if doing the horseshoe circuit or the other option is to turn right along the private road and walk or cycle down it. I took the road as i wanted to use my bike for part of this walk. I left my bike just after Glensax where a path to the left continues up the hillside. I took this path to the ridge then took a left to Birkscairn Hill, from here i retraced my steps back along the ridge over Stake Law and on to Dun Rig. From Dun Rig you follow the curving ridge round and upto Glenrath Heights then over to Broom Hill and across to Stob Law. From Stob Law you go back to Broom Hill, i then headed down the ridge for a bit towards Hudlestone Hope before heading down the slopes to pick up the path back to my bike. From here it's a 15 minute cycle back to the car.
Re: Dun Rig circuit Peebles
by morag1 » Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:40 pm
Really like the look of this Johnny, it reminds me of the circuits of the Pentlands we sometimes do.
Hubby will soon be getting instructions to drive me down to Peebles
If it took you five hours it will probably take me about seven, better set aside a whole day for this
Hubby will soon be getting instructions to drive me down to Peebles



If it took you five hours it will probably take me about seven, better set aside a whole day for this

- morag1
Re: Dun Rig circuit Peebles
by ChrisW » Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:47 pm
Love this JC, my kind of hills, wide open rolling heather clad beauties 

Re: Dun Rig circuit Peebles
by Bod » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:06 pm
'wide open rolling heather clad beauties'...like it Chris, and well done Johnny, you are fair getting on with lots of great walking! 

Re: Dun Rig circuit Peebles
by dooterbang » Wed Oct 05, 2011 9:39 am
nice report....and only an hour from Glasgow. Well worth an outing.
Cheers.
Cheers.
Re: Dun Rig circuit Peebles
by Johnny Corbett » Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:21 pm
Thanks for the comments. Morag, my advice would be to do the horseshoe route as described on this site rather than the route i took. Once you've gained the height it's a relatively easy walk and Stob Law is wee diversion to the horseshoe if you wish to add it on.
Re: Dun Rig circuit Peebles
by pollyh33 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:11 pm
Beautiful stuff JC!
Your photos are amazing
Your photos are amazing

Re: Dun Rig circuit Peebles
by Paul_Antonia » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:36 pm
Great stuff and all in our "Back Yard" . Morag, I agree with the comments about choosing to do the horseshoe as described on this site. Check out our walk report on this if you want. A good variation of that round is to descend over Preston Law and Newby Kipps, which is unusual in these parts by having an exposed rocky outcrop at the summit and has extensive views of Peebles and the Tweed valley. If anyone wants to contact a "local" then please feel free to give us a shout.
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Re: Dun Rig circuit Peebles
by Johnny Corbett » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:55 pm
pollyh33 wrote:Beautiful stuff JC!
Your photos are amazing
Thanks Paul&Antonia and thankyou Polly though the clear weather and beautiful countryside played a big part in the photos

Re: Dun Rig circuit Peebles
by pollyh33 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:28 pm
Johnny Corbett wrote:pollyh33 wrote:Beautiful stuff JC!
Your photos are amazing
Thanks Paul&Antonia and thankyou Polly though the clear weather and beautiful countryside played a big part in the photos
Ach you're too modest!!!

Re: Dun Rig circuit Peebles
by morag1 » Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:13 pm
Johnny Corbett wrote:my advice would be to do the horseshoe route as described on this site
Thanks Johnny have just looked at the walk description and i see what you mean. I didnt realise this walk was on the site, when I first read your report I thought it was a route you had decided on yourself. Its only about half an hours drive from home so no excuses for us not doing it soon

Paul&Antonia wrote: If anyone wants to contact a "local" then please feel free to give us a shout.
Thanks very much Paul and Antonia. I remember reading your report when you first submitted it and have just gone and read it again. At present I am hunched over the map, working out your variation

- morag1
Re: Dun Rig circuit Peebles
by LeithySuburbs » Wed Oct 05, 2011 6:47 pm
love these hills at this time of year - great light. Nice pics and report
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