free to be able to rate and comment on reports (as well as access 1:25000 mapping).
Another trip down to England on the menu so decided to utilise the lovely weather and visit my final Borders hill east of the A74. Usually I visit hills on the return journey this time as I was travelling on a Sunday I decided to stop off on the way south.
The main problem was the drive south down the A7, that really is an awful road, not only is it rather bendy you also have to negotiate 4 Borders towns of Galashiels, Hawick, Selkirk & Langholm.
As the clocks went back I was on my way by 8am and off walking at 10am, I managed to change the clock in my car but my watch had to be left till later - using the manual.
Parking area
Plenty of room for a few cars
Looking back to the parking area
I must say another big thank you to Inca, once again I followed his route as it certainly looked the most direct and easiest. If anyone is thinking of using this route you can easily do this in trainers as the track leads all the way to the summit cairn, although on the GPS mapping system it stops/peters out. There are a couple of small burns to cross, but you don't need to be an Olympic Long Jumper to avoid wet feet.
The track ahead, before the noise started
What a din these things make
Arty shot of the burn at a wider bit
Bridge that is safe - over the burn
I ventured over it
Other option over the burn - a ford, crossed it on the way up
Decided against trying this out - risk assesment, it looks slippy
My crossing spot
Seen one of these before
Makes path building easier when the materials are readily available
Good track on a nice steady incline
Looking westish
Looking back downhill towards the start
Not far to go now
Quite a few stalagtites
Path very visible, if you look closely the summit cairn can be seen
Summit cairn, with a big stick to aid spotting it from far away
I carried a stick that I thought may be bigger but it wasn't really
Plenty of these on the summit plateau area, which probably explains why the track has been extended
I really enjoyed this walk and it was a good little leg stretcher. Hope to get out again before the WH meet up at Torridon, but that depends on quite a few factors - the main one being the obvious one, weather.