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Short Walk - Lang Craigs

Short Walk - Lang Craigs


Postby magicdin » Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:06 am

Route description: Lang Craigs Circuit, Dumbarton

Date walked: 24/12/2010

Time taken: 2 hours

Distance: 5 km

Ascent: 250m

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Wee Christmas Eve stroll - an oft repeated walk over the last fifty years or so
Drove up to car park at Overtoun House above Milton
Along the moorland path below the crags and then up and back along the edge of the crags
Back down by the "Giant's Steps" to Overtoun

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Overtoun House - the old pile - this is where I was born - Family fell on hard times after that :)
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Herdwick Sheep
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Doughnut Hill
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Loch Lomond hills
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Up to the crags
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Clyde view
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My home town
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The Crags
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And again
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Looking back up to the "Giant's Steps"
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Back "Home"

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Enjoyable stretch of the legs before the onset of indulgence :D
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Re: Short Walk - Lang Craigs

Postby Merry-walker » Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:43 pm

Looked a lovely wee walk, nice pictures 8) :)
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Re: Short Walk - Lang Craigs

Postby magicdin » Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:58 pm

Merry-walker wrote:Looked a lovely wee walk, nice pictures 8) :)



Cheers MW - was glad to get oot yesterday
Thursday, the first day of my hols was spent defrosting frozen pipes at the in-laws house
merry xmas :D
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Re: Short Walk - Lang Craigs

Postby Merry-walker » Sat Dec 25, 2010 7:42 pm

Merry Christmas :)
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Re: Short Walk - Lang Craigs

Postby walk aboot » Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:32 pm

Great report, magicdin. I'm enjoying these local walk reports of yours, give me ideas where to go :thumbup: .

Um Doughnut Hill has got a hole in the middle, right?! :D
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Re: Short Walk - Lang Craigs

Postby magicdin » Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:39 pm

walk aboot wrote:Great report, magicdin. I'm enjoying these local walk reports of yours, give me ideas where to go :thumbup: .

Um Doughnut Hill has got a hole in the middle, right?! :D


Is it a doughnut or ah ma wrang - boom boom :D
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Re: Short Walk - Lang Craigs

Postby walk aboot » Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:29 pm

:lol:
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Re: Short Walk - Lang Craigs

Postby walk aboot » Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:43 pm

Ha, I saw DOUGHNOT hill on my mate's Harvey map today :lol: :D .
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Re: Short Walk - Lang Craigs

Postby magicdin » Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:02 pm

walk aboot wrote:Ha, I saw DOUGHNOT hill on my mate's Harvey map today :lol: :D .



OK Ok spelling lesson :?
And I'm yousually that fastidist about tat
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Re: Short Walk - Lang Craigs

Postby walk aboot » Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:08 pm

:lol:

I was out walking locally with a few mates today, was trying to persuade them to head for the Whangie but they fancied Dumgoyne hill. Was too misty when we got there so we just did a few miles of the WHW instead - path's like an ice rink! Was still nice day for being out though :) .
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Re: Short Walk - Lang Craigs

Postby Jan Vi0la » Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:55 am

Just the walk I'm looking for today, thanks! Great pics, beautiful house, amazing to have been born there.
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