A Cold start to January

Since my last blog on 8th January we have had a spell of dry but cold weather that has enabled me to walk almost every day and on the sunniest day I headed out to The Langholm Moor and the upper Tarras Valley. This Wild Feral Goat was very close to the road and happy to pose for me. 

One of the Gulls posing on the fence posts at the Kilngreen

The upper Tarras Valley

More Feral Goats

The Meeting of the Waters Ewes and Esk

Mr. Tootlepedal on one of his daily walks during this cold spell as he is unable to cycle at the moment except of course on his bicycle that goes nowhere in his garage.

The Langholm Monument on Whita Hill

The Meeting of the Waters on the coldest morning

The Ewes at the Kilngreen

 

An Eskdalemuir Walk and a new Shooting Range

Today's walk with Mike and Charlie was up in Eskdalemuir and took us up the Clerkhill Burn valley and up Wisp Hill. It was 7 years since I was last up this route and there has been a few changes since then. This is a new facility for a Shooting Range. It is the only non military Shooting Range of its kind in the UK and has been provided by a company called Gardner Guns for people who like to use very powerful rifles. More for competition shooting than sporting shooting.  

One of the many target areas. They range from a few hundred yards away to almost 2 miles. 

Eskdalemuir Village almost at the end of our walk.

This cottage is Mid Raeburn

The river Esk between Eskdalemuir village and Samye Ling Tibetan Centre

The Rae Burn valley

 

Raeburnfoot in the distance.

These yellow items are the long distance targets up Windshield Grain Valley with the furthest away one being almost 2 miles from the shooters base.

Mike and Charlie cross the Rae Burn. There is a Roman Fort very close to this farm but we did not have time to visit it today.

On my way up the valley to Eskdalemuir I stopped to take this photo of the mist over the forest.

My first walk of the day was a short one round the Lodge walks and this photograph of the Monument with clouds above and the mist below looked very spectacular and I am pleased I just managed to capture it at the right time.