A Walk to the Brow Well

Our Thursday walk with Mike and Charlie took us to Clarencefield to walk along the lanes near Comlongen Castle and then on to the Brow Well. We walked for 2 hours and never men another person. I had plotted the route out on my OS App on my phone and it was great for keeping us on the correct route.

At the Brow Well, which has had a renovation not that long ago. The water in the well looks horrible and its no wonder Robert Burns died not long after he took to the waters as they look extremely dirty.

A hedgerow on the B725 near the Brow Well and its full of Honeysuckle and the smell was lovely

Looking over the Solway towards the Lake District mountains

A quarter of the walk was on this road the B725, but it was very quiet and we only saw a few cars

At the end of one of our lanes before we joined the road we saw these Alpacas

The paths were well signposted by D & G Council as part of the Core Path Network

One of the many lanes we walked along

Comlongen Castle which looks as if it is being renovated.

There were a lot of these in one of the fields but none of us knew exactly what they are.

A grand field of winter Wheat or Barley which is very close to being ready for harvesting. The last section of the walk was a narrow path through woods and next to fields that stretched for a mile and brought us back into Clarencefield. Our only complaint was that for most of the way it had a double strand barbed wire fence that could have caused a nasty accident if any of us had stumbled and put our hand out to save ourselves. We took it very easy and it was lovely section of the walk as shown below.

Stonework done a very long time ago on one of the burns we crossed

A nice wooden bridge and one of several on this section

A most enjoyable 4 mile walk and almost perfect weather. We headed back to Langholm for our usual Coffee at The Buccleuch Centre

 

The Brow Well and Ruthwell Shore Walk

We parked our cars at The Brow Well near Ruthwell and as soon as we got out of the cars the noise of Geese was everywhere with this lot overhead and hundreds of them on the shoreline and in the fields. Just beyond the house in the photograph below there was a field full of them and the noise as they rose from the field was deafening. 

Once we left the shoreline we had this lovely grass track to walk along and it took us to the village of Ruthwell.

There were plenty of Geese on the shoreline but they were just too far away to photograph especially as I only had my I Phone

John and Tom with Criffel in the Background 

The first part of the walk along the shore and on the salt marsh had many little inlets and gullies but there were loads of bridges to assist walkers. This was the first time we had walked here and it was a beautiful area with plenty to see.

Next to the track was this superb field of Winter Barley 

Near to Rothwell we visited the Ruthwell Parish Church but we were unable to get in to see the famous Ruthwell Cross

In the graveyard there was this memorial stone covered in ivy 

Our plan was to visit our friends Margaret and Robert in Clarencefield for morning coffee. Margaret was waiting for us with freshly baked Cheese Scones and Shortbread. They were beautiful and we had soon almost finished the lot. John was raving about the scones for the rest of the walk.

We headed from Clarencefield to walk to Comlongen and then through the woods back to The Brow Well. On the way we found this lot in the field next to the path. They were very cute.

Back on the road to The Brow Well we again came upon loads of Geese in the adjoining fields. Tom was making far too much noise so they were in the air before we were close enough for good photos.

More Geese

The Brow Well. We had walked almost 7 miles and then headed to the Farmers Inn at Clarencefield for a Bar Lunch which was served in double quick time.