Walking the Galloway Hills: 33 circular day walks

A guide to walking and trekking in the Galloway Hills, southwest Scotland, UK. These hills offer almost unlimited access for walkers, a rare freedom that has contributed to their description as 'A Walker's Paradise'. A tract of rocky, heathery wilderness interspersed by forest park, these hills offer a varied walking programme, from gentle waymarked forest trails to strenuous, bothy-based treks. You can marvel at the wild qualities of the hills and follow the colourful and turbulent history of the Scottish clans and Robert the Bruce. The mixed woodland and moors support a varied wildlife, including many species of bird and wildfowl, red deer, wild goats, cattle, and even red squirrels and lizards. Paddy Dillon describes in detail 33 circular day walks of 5 to 12 miles, all starting from a car park, and 7 longer, more adventurous walks. All the walks can be linked with one or two others. Whichever you choose, the Rhinns of Kells, Rig of the Jarkness, Nieve of the Spit, Shallock on Minnoch, Point of the Snibe, Mullwharcher and Craigeazle are names to stir your imagination and inspire you to poetry.

Table of Contents:
WALKS Walk 1: Stroan Bridge Forest Trails Walk 2: Loch Trool Forest Trail Walk 3: Fell of Eschoncan and Pulnagashel Walk 4: Bennan and the Fell of Eschoncan Walk 5: Merrick and Loch Enoch Walk 6: Merrick and Kirriereoch Hill Walk 7: Tarfessock and Kirriereoch Hill Walk 8: Cornish Hill and Shalloch on Minnoch Walk 9: Carrick Forest Drive and Cornish Hill Walk 10: Loch Riecawr and Tunskeen Bothy Walk 11: Kirriereoch Hill from Tunskeen Bothy Walk 12: Mullwharchar from Tunskeen Bothy Walk 13: Macaterick from the Carrick Forest Drive Walk 14: Around Craigmawhannal from Loch Doon Walk 15: Mullwharchar from Loch Head Walk 16: Carlin's Cairn from Loch Head Walk 17: Carlin's Cairn and Corserine from Polmaddie Walk 18: Corserine from Backhill of Bush Walk 19: Milldown from Backhill of Bush Walk 20: Tops of Craigeazle from Backhill of Bush Walk 21: Darrou, Little Millyea and Meikle Millyea Walk 22: Darnaw and Court Knowe from Black Loch Walk 23: Cairnarroch and Millfore from Craigencallie Walk 24: Millfore from Auchinleck Walk 25: Lamachan Hill from Auchinleck Walk 26: Larg Hill from Caldons Campsite Walk 27: Lamachan Hill and Mulldonoch Walk 28: Curleywee and Lamachan Hill from White Laggan Walk 29: Craiglee and Loch Dee from White Laggan Walk 30: Craiglee from Craigencallie Walk 31: Loch Valley and Craiglee from Glen Trool Walk 32: The Dungeon Hills from Backhill of Bush Walk 33: The Dungeon Hills from Glen Trool LONGER WALKS Walk 34: The Forest Walk Walk 35: The Awful Hand Walk Walk 36: The Rhinns of Kells Walk Walk 37: The Minnigaff Hills Walk Walk 38: The Dungeon Hills Walk Walk 39: The Grand Tour Walk 40: The Southern Upland Way

About the Author :
Paddy Dillon is a prolific outdoor writer with over thirty guidebooks to his name, as well as more than a dozen booklets and brochures. He writes for outdoor magazines and other publications, as well as for tourism organisations.