A wee walk in East Ayrshire

[Scotsman2012]

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As I hadn't been out in 4 months I decided on something local and below the snowline, given that I'm not too experienced or confident in winter walking.

Parked up at the ruins of Loch Doon Castle and had a wee wander about the place before heading up the signposted path...

Sign outside the ruins

Inside the castle, looking out to the loch

The path is good, although boggy in places, all the way up to the top of the Wee Hill of Craigmulloch.

Today's target from the Wee Hill of Craigmulloch

After that, the route to Craiglee was a bit of a slog, over boggy & uneven ground, which made the going slow.

Got to the summit of Craiglee in about 80 minutes - it was blowing a gale by this point so it was just a few pics then think about heading back down again...

I decided not to re-ascend the Wee Hill so picked a treeline to head for so that I would skirt round the side of it. Again it was boggy but others have obviously had the same idea and I picked up a path of sorts that lead me back to the main path that I'd came up earlier.

An easy descent from that point and one last pic of the castle from a different angle...

[bobble_hat_kenny]

That looks like a grand wee winter's walk. That's a very scenic area around Loch Doon - I did some walking there as a teenager (i.e. back in the early fourteenth century ). You got some nice photos too - like that summit shot with the rays of light from the clouds !
The Galloway Hills have some great names - "Wee Hill of Craigmulloch" is kind of cute.