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Southern Upland Way - Sanquhar to Wanlockhead

Southern Upland Way - Sanquhar to Wanlockhead


Postby andrewl7642 » Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:12 pm

Route description: Southern Upland Way 5: Sanquhar to Wanlockhead

Date walked: 04/05/2017

Time taken: 5 hours

Distance: 12.5 km

Ascent: 569m

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The Southern Upland Way is Scotland's first and only official coast-to-coast long distance route, running across the country from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea. From Portpatrick on the west coast the route runs 341 kilometres to Cove and Cockburnspath on the east coast.



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I return to Sanquhar in a mission to complete the remaining sections of the Southern Upland Way.

I leave Sanquhar on a sunny afternoon, heading East, my mission to complete the remaining sections of the Southern Upland Way and make it to Cocksburnpath on the East Coast of Scotland.

The path was easy going except for a few boggy patches and some awkward hills.
Due to lambing season I had to follow the diversion route at Cogshead which extended the walk by about one hour. I arrived at Wanlockwater just after 7pm where I pitched the tent for the night, before taking a short stroll into the village the next morning.

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