by Eleisha Fahy | 11 September 2025
Leave Hawick by the Howegate, heading generally southwards on the minor public road for 9km via Pilmuir and Dodburn to Dod (NT473059). Then go south uphill on a good track and along a forest ride and edge by the Thieves Road over Dod Rig and down to join the forest...
by David Oxley | 11 September 2025
Head south from near Carterhouse Farm by an old road to the disused quarry and then a forestry road which ascends to the Border at Carter Fell. Beyond the border, continue south to Limestone Knowe (549m). From there go by the march fence by Grey Mare's Knowe,...
by David Oxley | 11 September 2025
Newsflash! The Heritage Paths (Campsie Fells) Project is very pleased to announce that we have a lovely new Campsies map leaflet showing this old route and other paths in the area. To get your hands on one, simply send us an SAE c/o ScotWays (see address...
by Neil Birch | 11 September 2025
Follow the road south up Glen Afton for 9km towards Afton Reservoir, but before Craigdarroch take the right hand fork which sits higher up the valleyside than the route to the dam. Circa NS629048, enter the trees on the west bank of the reservoir (rejoining the route...
by Finley Jackson | 11 September 2025
This is a long and, at times, complex route through rough and often remote ground with ongoing forestry operations. The description below does not always exactly follow the mapped line, but is the one for which Heritage Paths has received survey information; further...
