Mike Tinker and I set out today to inspect The Meikledale Walk which is No 14 in The Langholm Walks Booklet. There has been a lot of Forestry work in this area since the land was given up as a farm and sold for Forestry. In 10 years time you will see a totally different walk with no sign of the hills just nothing but trees. We plan to do the second part of the walk in a weeks time. It’s quite tough especially for old codgers like us but we did manage to climb over 1600ft and walk 8.4 miles.
This is the new road put in by the Forestry company. It helps the walking in some parts and hinders in others and hopefully in a year or two will blend in better.
Mike sorting one of the marker posts.
This is Bog Asphodel and there was loads of it in the bog at the highest point of the walk where the going was very tough due to the very spongy ground conditions.
The road back down. We went up the Wolf Hope Burn and came down the Jocks Hope Burn. The longer route comes down The Meikledale Burn.
Hairbell or according to Mike Scottish Bluebell but very pretty whatever you call it.
Lucky White Heather
More wild flowers but I have forgotten what they are called already.
It was a great walk but I for one was very tired and my hips extremely sore at the end of it.
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