Route One.
CRAWFORD ---> MIDLOCK ---> TRACK UP MIDLOCK WATER VALLEY TO HARE-
CLEUCH and LEAVE TRACK AT GRID REF. NT010192 ---> BROAD HILL --->
BLACKLAW HEAD/HARECLEUCH HEAD ---> CLYDE LAW ---> CLYDES NICK/
HAZELBUSH HILL ---> PROCEED SSE DOWN FOREST RIDE and TURN RIGHT
(WEST) AT GRID REF. NT037157 ---> VIA ANDREW BELL ROCK and LOCHAN
(un-named) TO TRACK AT GRID REF. NT031156: TURN LEFT (SOUTH) --->
FOLLOW TRACK TO CROSSWAYS AT GRID REF. NT027139 and TURN LEFT (ENE)
---> PROCEED ALONG TRACK TO A701 ROAD AT GRID REF. NT046142 --->
FLECKET HILL ---> ANNANHEAD HILL ---> ERICSTANE HILL ---> TRACK
FROM A701 AT GRID REF. NT061115 TO ERICSTANE FARM ---> OLD EDIN-
BURGH ROAD SOUTHWARDS TO MOFFAT.
Route Two.
CRAWFORD ---> MIDLOCK ---> TAKE ROAD UP CAMPS WATER VALLEY TO
CAMPS RESERVOIR ---> PROCEED ALONG ROAD ON NW SIDE OF RESERVOIR
TO GRAINS FARM ---> TRACK UP GRAINS BURN GLEN TO GRID REF. NT
023252 ---> ASCEND NNE TO DOD HILL ---> HUDDERSTONE ---> JOIN
TRACK AT GRID REF. NT017278 ---> COWGILL RIG ---> PROCEED TO
ROAD (unclassified) AT GRID REF. NT018304 ---> FOLLOW ROAD and
JOIN A702 AT COULTER ---> LEAVE A702 and TAKE ROAD (unclassified)
NNW TO WOLFCLYDE ---> CROSS A72 and CONTINUE NNW, then TURN RIGHT
AT GRID REF. NT018365 ---> PROCEED TO BIGGAR.
Please note that the summit plateau of Hudderstone (Route Two) is similar in nature to the terrain on the high Manor Hills (the Glensax watershed: Section F, Routes Two to Four).
Both Moffat and Biggar have good public transport networks. Details are published in the Bus Times pamphlet covering Nith and Cairn Valley Areas, produced by Dumfries and Galloway Council.
Copyright 23rd August 1999 and 19th September 1999:
RICHARD M. STANBROOK,
"Howden,"
18 Drove Road,
Langholm, Dumfriesshire DG13 OJW.