The Lowther Hills - A Walker's Guidebook

Beautiful landscapes, accessible but quiet, offering some of the best walking in Southern Scotland’s hills. Covers the Lowther hills, Nithsdale, Carsphairn Hills and the hills of the Solway coast, Cairnsmore of Fleet, Tinto and Cauldcleuch Head.

The Lowther Hills

And also the Carsphairn Hills, the Hills of the Solway Coast, Tinto and Cauldcleuch Head

Author

Ronald Turnbull

Cover

Paperback - Laminated

Edition

First

ISBN_13

9781852842758

Availability

Published

Price

£8.99

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Seasons

All year round, but winter conditions deserve respect.

Centres

Dumfries, Newton Stewart to the south, Sanquhar, Durisdeer, Carronbridge, Thornhill, Carsphairn in the hills.

Difficulty

Half- to full-day walks over grassy hills and ridges in remote areas.

Must See

Excellent walking in some really under-explored parts of south-west Scotland.

Also the Carsphairn Hills, the hills of the Solway coast, Tinto and Cauldcleuch Head.

The Lowther Hills offer high rounded ridges: windswept, sheep-nibbled and solitary. However the tops are only part of the story. Careful exploration discovers the small hidden valleys, the "cleuchs" and "linns" that give this range its particular character. Here you may meet a wild goat, or find yourself involved with a small waterfall and a couple of feet of rockclimbing.

Along the Solway coast are granite hills, with all the ruggedness of the Cairngorms but hardly any of the height. Rocky-topped Criffel, Screel and Cairnsmore of Fleet contrast nicely with the steep-sided grassy hills inland, and with the gorse and beaches of the Solway coast.

These 50 walks cover all the hills west of the M74 except the Merrick and Rhinns of Kells. In case of bad weather there are also a few woodland and coastal walks.