Corserine, Millfire, Milldown & Meikle Millyea
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:03 pmAfter taking such a pasting last Friday, it was great to get out on a crisp winter's day, albeit blowy in the morning.
I parked up near Forrest Lodge and headed out towards Loch Harrow. The forrest tracks have all been named after people and have road signs rather like what you see in town....quite odd! I made may way towards Corserine, with the aim of traversing the Rhinns of Kells ridge from north to south.
The path from the track to the edge of the forrest is marked quite clearly, although in normal conditions it would be very muddy. Fortunately, today it was frozen hard. I crossed the fence and the Folk Burn before stopping for something to eat. After that, it was an enjoyable climb to Polmaddy Gairy - again, the hard underfoot conditions and snow made the going easier.
It was cold and blowing quite hard on the ridge, but quite a short walk to the trig point at Corserine. Once there, the views to Galloway opened out.
The cold conditions meant that I didn't linger, but pressed on south to the col with Millfire, where I was able to sit on a boulder in the sunshine to enjoy my lunch.
The climb up to Millfire didn't take long and from there I could press on to Milldown.
The walking along the ridge was straightforward. It looks as though there is a clear track running along it, although today it was covered with snow.
I then dropped down to the frozen Lochans of Auchniebut before tackling the final climb to Meikle Millyea.
The trig point on Meikle Millyea is not on the summit, which lies about 200 metres to the south west (my altimeter showed this point to be about 15 feet higher than the trig point)
I parked up near Forrest Lodge and headed out towards Loch Harrow. The forrest tracks have all been named after people and have road signs rather like what you see in town....quite odd! I made may way towards Corserine, with the aim of traversing the Rhinns of Kells ridge from north to south.
- Corserine from the forrest track
The path from the track to the edge of the forrest is marked quite clearly, although in normal conditions it would be very muddy. Fortunately, today it was frozen hard. I crossed the fence and the Folk Burn before stopping for something to eat. After that, it was an enjoyable climb to Polmaddy Gairy - again, the hard underfoot conditions and snow made the going easier.
- The eastern corrie of Corserine
It was cold and blowing quite hard on the ridge, but quite a short walk to the trig point at Corserine. Once there, the views to Galloway opened out.
- The Merrick from the summit
- Looking north to Carlin's Cairn
- Looking south to Loch Dee and the Solway beyond.
- South to the Solway and the Cumbrian Fells
The cold conditions meant that I didn't linger, but pressed on south to the col with Millfire, where I was able to sit on a boulder in the sunshine to enjoy my lunch.
- Heading towards Millfire
- Dungeon Hill and the Merrick from my lunch boulder
- Loch Dee and Curleywee
The climb up to Millfire didn't take long and from there I could press on to Milldown.
- Heading south along the ridge
The walking along the ridge was straightforward. It looks as though there is a clear track running along it, although today it was covered with snow.
- Loch Dungeon from Milldown
- Looking north along the ridge to Corserine
- Black Gairy ridge and Corserine from Milldown
I then dropped down to the frozen Lochans of Auchniebut before tackling the final climb to Meikle Millyea.
- Lochans of Auchniebut
The trig point on Meikle Millyea is not on the summit, which lies about 200 metres to the south west (my altimeter showed this point to be about 15 feet higher than the trig point)
- At the trig point
- Loch Dee from the cairn on Meikle Millyea
