Walking in the Southern Uplands: 44 best hill days in southern Scotland

A guidebook to 44 walks covering over 100 summits in Scotland’s Southern Uplands. Exploring an area stretching south-west from Edinburgh to the English border, including the Galloway and Pentland Hills, the routes are suitable for walkers of all abilities and are perfect for walking year-round. The day walks, accessible from Newton Stewart, Glentrool, Nithsdale, Biggar, Moffat, Peebles, Edinburgh and Kirk Yetholm, range from 3-29km (2-18 miles). 1:50,000 OS maps included for each walk GPX files available to download Detailed information on planning, transport and local history Sized to easily fit in a jacket pocket

Table of Contents:
Map key Overview map Introduction Boundaries of the Borders Real remoteness Rolling - but also rocky Lists of hills Border reivers The Covenanters When to go Transport Accommodation Tourist information and other facilities Maps Compass and GPS Safety in the mountains Using this guide 1 Galloway Walk 1 Girvan and Grey Hill Walk 2 Ailsa Craig Walk 3 Cairnsmore of Fleet Walk 4 Minnigaff Hills Walk 5 Merrick and Murder Hole Walk 6 The Dungeon Hills Walk 7 Rhinns of the Kells Walk 8 Cairnsmore of Carsphairn Walk 9 Screel Hill 2 Nithsdale and Lanarkshire Walk 10 Afton Water Walk 11 Criffel Walk 12 Queensberry Walk 13 Well Hill, Durisdeer Walk 14 Lowther Hill by Well and Enterkin passes Walk 15 Tinto Walk 16 Culter Fells Walk 17 Broughton Heights 3 Moffatdale Walk 18 Devil and #039;s Beef Tub Walk 19 Ettrick Head Walk 20 Hart Fell Walk 21 White Coomb Walk 22 White Coomb and Hart Fell Walk 23 Loch of the Lowes and Ward Law Walk 24 The Wiss and St Mary and #039;s Loch 4 Manor Hills to the Tweed Walk 25 Broad Law Walk 26 Manor Head Walk 27 Cademuir Hill and the Tweed Walk 28 Glen Sax Circuit Walk 29 Lee Pen and Windlestraw Law Walk 30 Three Brethren and Minch Moor Walk 31 Eildon Hills and the Tweed Walk 32 Rubers Law 5 Lothian Walk 33 Pentlands Walk 34 Arthur and #039;s Seat Walk 35 Blackhope Scar Walk 36 Lammer Law Walk 37 Abbey St Bathans and Cockburn Law Walk 38 North Berwick Law 6 The Border Ridge to Cheviot Walk 39 Langholm Heights Walk 40 Cauldcleuch Head Walk 41 Peel Fell and Kielder Stone Walk 42 Hownam Law Walk 43 Windy Gyle Walk 44 The Cheviot and Hen Hole Appendix A Walk summary table Appendix B Information and facilities by area Appendix C Scots glossary

About the Author :
Award-winning author Ronald Turnbull has written many guides on walking in Scotland. He is also a runner, and in 1995 was awarded the Long-Distance Trophy of the Fell Running Association for a non-stop journey over all the 2000ft hills of southern Scotland.