5 Donalds From Selcoth Fisheries
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 5:54 pm
I wanted to try and keep driving time to a minimum today, so these Donalds near Moffat were a perfect option for me. Just an hours jaunt down the M74. The cloud was low for most of the first half of the walk. I managed to get some views on the first (Croft Head) and last (Capel Fell) hills of the day, everything in between was shrouded in clag.
This a great area to walk. The summit of the hills, don't always seem impressive when your on them, but when you get a view back from a neighbouring hill they can look impressive.
Great day.
Also ... is it just me or does the gpx track look like the bat signal Thankfully there was no need to call out Batman to the rescue today
Croft Head .... ahead (in the middle) ...
View down Nether Coombe Sike across to Bill Cleuch
Croft Head summit
View from Croft Head
View from Cat Shoulder down to the ascent of West Knowe
Craigmichen Scar
Waymarker cairn on the Southern Upland Way, looking down Selcoth Burn
Looking back to Croft Head and the zig-zag descent path
Summit trig on Loch Fell (East Knowe)
Wind Fell ... summit marker?
Small cairn on Hopetoun Craig
Summit cairn on Ettrick Pen
Over Phawhope
Looking across to East & West Knowe from Raegrain Shank (Capel Fell)
Capel Fell summit
Croft Head and Cat Shoulder
Croft Head (again) looking more impressive from this side
Track back to the car along Selcoth Burn