A return to south

Seasick Steve made the comment “never go west when you should be headin south”. Different land but sometimes, I have to agree. The forecast for the west highlands was bad and the southern uplands...marginal but better!


For the second time this month it was back down to Moffat for a ramble up White Coomb which still had its winter jacket on. The snow conditions had improved thanks to a bit of a thaw / freeze cycle so going was pretty good (none of this wading through drifts rubbish). Thanks to a tip from Alan Anderson (who had been up the day before) navigating was simply …follow the wall then break off to the actual summit. Opted for an extended trip by heading over Firthope Rig and Donald Cleuch’s Head …mainly due to both names being fantastic. Sadly the track along Loch Skeen was buried in snow and despite the loch still being frozen …walking on water did not appeal !