Saturday, February 23, 2013

Southern Upland Way from Castle Kennedy - 19th January 2013

The snow was very patchy, quite a bit at home, none in Stranraer but some above Castle Kennedy.

2-bluetit

Bluetit and blue sky
 1-nr-Castle-KennedyWe were going to park at the top but the road looked dodgy so we parked in the fishermans car park and headed up the hill on foot.

3 SUW-sign

Southern Upland Way marker post

4-gorse-in-the-snow

Gorse blooms in the snow

5-SUW

Snowy path

6-snow

 

7-Pete-print

Pete print!

8-above-castle-kennedy

It got more snowy as we climbed the hill…

10-icicles

…and icier

11-ice

Grass coated in ice on the edge of the burn

12-icy-burn

Icicles

13-icicles

 

14-ice-bobble

Ice bobble

15-rock

Rocky outcrop

16-rock

 

17-sheep-impressions

You can see where the sheep have laid overnight!

18-SUW

SUW sign post

19-reed-bunting

Distant Reed Bunting

20-suw-sign

SUW notice board

21-footpath

Bitterly cold but very beautiful up here

22-loch

We stopped by this little loch for lunch

23-loch

Not much life on the loch today

24-reeds

Reeds

25-snowdrops

Snowdrops on the way back down and the snow is melting fast now!

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