Wanderer
The day the moon fell in
IT DOES not feel like 30 years since I first had the temerity to inflict my blethers upon Eskdale and Liddesdale but it must be a fact.
Last updated 19 July 2012
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Being an octogenarian has its advantages
IT WAS too far to walk to London and to buy a train ticket I had to resort to a bus journey to the railway station because the car has decided that after driving for more than 60 years and taking a tumble in the hills, I am no longer bright enough.
Last updated 3 May 2012
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Remains of mine works hidden in the hills
SINCE my car has disposed of my services, I have found other means of arriving at the Wanderer’s wandering areas.
Last updated 11 April 2012
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How a stranger wandered into town in 1956
WE CAME to Langholm on February 14, 1956. At least, Wanderer showed face that day, while Mary arrived in August and two wee lassies came along a few months later.
Last updated 5 April 2012
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You’ll be OK in the wind – if you’ve got a dog
BOTH my works and my walks are tending to be reduced in length and in activity. The problem is I tend not to realise the fact that capability moderates until it’s almost too late to rectify.
Last updated 16 February 2012
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Sights and dales of the Benty
BENTPATH village is in really quite a small, yet significant area which encompasses many hills and walks of various lengths and steepness.
Last updated 19 January 2012
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Days when shepherds smelled like sheep
JOCK’S Hope has been one of the least frequented available footways in our dales, despite the fact the entrance to this wee glen is less than a mile from the A7 near Ewes.
Last updated 29 December 2011
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Anointing the stone with a few drops of whisky
AS I advance in years and experience, I am looking for easier routes.
Last updated 30 November 2011
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Some things are too good to be private
ONLY seven miles from the centre of Carlisle can be found the pretty rural countryside of the Gelt.
Last updated 3 November 2011
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Spotting the magic colours of our seasons
AFTER such a devious summer and autumn, it hasn’t been such a transition into the darker nights of winter.
Last updated 12 October 2011
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Lonely as a cloud to reach berry heaven
IT MUST be nearly 10 years since last I walked round Glenrief. Now, you ask me, where is Glenrief? Just hover a blink and it will all become clear, I hope.
Last updated 29 September 2011
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Turbines tumbling through the mind
IN ESKDALE there is a group of four wind turbines above Carlesgill looking down upon us lesser mortals with another group at Callister Hall between there and Minsca Hill near Waterbeck. A third has been planned between Solway Bank and Callister.
Last updated 14 September 2011
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360 degree panoply from Crumpton top
A lot of Langholm has changed in the last few years; a grand new road to the south, a new road onto Meikleholm Hill. The toon hall has had its faced lifted.
Last updated 18 August 2011
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The Wanderer returns – in Bill’s BMW 4x4
HELLO again. It seems to be a long time since we last met but, in fact, only two and a half years have passed.
Last updated 10 August 2011
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Poetic therapy after fall on Potholm Hill
IT IS now seven months since I fell from grace and ended up near the bottom of Potholm Hill where I was rescued by the ambulance and taken to the Cumberland Infirmary.
Last updated 4 November 2009
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Taking the plunge and phoning 999 from a hill
IT WAS a lovely spring afternoon as I crossed the Potholm bridge and parked below the farm. The hill track took me upwards, past the cottage and followed the cleuch before turning left towards Sorbie Haas.
Last updated 22 April 2009
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Two out of three will have to do after all these years
WINDY Edge lies between Langholm and Copshaw or between Tarras and Liddel if that suits better.
Last updated 1 April 2009
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Lapwings, please come and visit us in plenty this summer
IN SOME years there might be an abundance of certain birds, while the very next year there might be a decided dearth of the same species.
Last updated 25 March 2009
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Foxhunters – on bikes
I seem to have spent a large part of February climbing up Whita or walking across the hill before dropping back down to Langholm.
Last updated 4 March 2009
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I pass only a neglected mausoleum and a feral sheep on my way to the Bloody Bush
IN MY last tale I described my long-term interest in the Bloody Bush and the problems I had in tracing it and how to reach it.
Last updated 18 February 2009
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