Not every hill contains knife edged ridges or death defying scrambles Not every hill involves a long walk into to gain high level plateau 
Some hills are gentle, rolling moorland, with a fence to follow pretty much the whole way
Steep-sided in places, but offering the opportunity for a wonderful stravaig on the second day of summer 
Ideal for days when you……….
…………OVERSLEEP
Oops
But it was a sunny day and would have been a waste not to make use of the good weather in some way!. So I decided on a trip to Border country and the Corbett/Donald of Broad Law
Motorway, Moffatt and away we go Then the single track road from Tweedsmuir, which gives a real sense of being out in the middle of nowhere The sort of road that gives you the feeling you shouldn’t really be driving along it too. A cracking little road 101 miles later (101 miles?) and I was parked up (2 miles past the starting point, having motored passed Meggett Stone
) and heading back to the Meggett Stone and the easy climb up to Broad Law’s summit. - Meggett Reservoir from my unintentional parking place
- The Stone.....what I missed
Given my late start I was on a timetable, so went storming up the initial climb (the only really steep climb of the day) to Fans Law and then more gradually to Cairn Law before the gradient eased greatly for the final stroll to Broad Law
- Easy walking
- Route finding - easy in mist
- Culter Fell and a delightful windfarm to slightly spoil the view
- Back to the White Comb area
And oh, what a lovely summit
- Ok, maybe not
- The route ahead
Not the best, it has to be said, but once you see beyond the detritus around you there were still views to be had
Didn’t hang around though; given my late start I had that timetable to keep to
I could have bagged just the Corbett and headed back down, but that would have been a heck of a round trip for a 2 hour walk
I had a circuit planned, bagging a couple of extra Donalds on the way.- View to Cramalt Craig
There was an unexpectedly steep, but easy descent off Broad Law down to the saddle with the former Corbett of Cramalt Craig. It was then a fair pull up to the second Donald of the day. Felt a bit odd having the summit cairn sat so close to a modern fence
Still, better views than from Broad Cairn
- View to the west
- Culter Fell
- Cramalt Craig summit
- Culter Fell, again
Now it was stravaig time
From this point it was a gentle, if fairly speedy, amble over Dun Law and Fifescar Law and the third and final Donald of the day, Dollar Law
- Dun Law, Fifescar Law and peeking out at the back, Dollar Law
- View back to Meggett Reservoir
- Cramalt Craig and Broad Law
- Route finding......still easy in mist
- Cramalt Craig and Broad Law, this time with a dry stone wall
More nice views from here too. Probably the best of the three summits in my view
Probably as it was the furthest away from civilisation.- Dollar Law
Still, I had that timetable to keep, so I was soon off; heading back to the saddle with Fifescar Law and the path skirting around the rim of Cowie Cleuch (I think
) - Cowie Cleuch?
Immediately after climbing a gate the route heads to the right and picks up an ugly hill track down to the road. Well, I say ugly. It was ugly higher up, but had mellowed a bit lower down, with good views back up toward the high ground
- Ugly hill track beside the Cramalt Crook
- Much better view beside the Burn
- Sneaky peak at the Meggett Reservoir
Back on the road and it was a short walk back, alongside the attractive Meggett Reservoir and to my car. Fourteen miles in five and a half hours. By my standards – a sprint
- Linn Knowe
- Meggett reservoir and Dead for Cauld
I appreciate these Lowland hills won’t be everybody’s cup of tea. And this route did give me an odd sense. As much as I enjoyed the walk and there are some good (if different) vistas to be had, it did take on the character of a training walk as I sped round it. Having said that, I enjoyed it all the same and all in all it was worth the road trip
Far better than not getting out, that’s for sure My next walk will probably see me back in the Highlands though on some of those pointy type hills……..
One can't beat a bit of humour, read it last night at work (whilst working very hard of course) 
