The Southern Upland Way: Day 1, Beattock to Over Phawhope Bothy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 พ.ค. 2024
- I’d finally got round to walking the remainder of the Southern Upland Way after completing half of the trail in 1992.
Join Brora and I as we tackle 3 days of pretty tough walking on the trail.
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Hello Linda, I very much enjoy your videos, Brora looks like she always enjoys herself on screen with the new scents and areas to explore, a bundle of energy, I had to laugh when you said "we`ve only just started and I`m knackered", classic! Keep the videos coming please.
Ha, ha, at that point I really wasn’t sure I was going to manage, but too determined to give up! Thanks for watching. 👍
Just discovered your channel and enjoyed this video.
Yeah, I prefer tents to bothies due to mice. Back in the 80s, woke up in Culra to find a mouse preening itself on my chest. Then again, I stayed in Meanach two years ago and it was mouse free. Not a trace.
This is the fourth bothy I know of with a toilet. Beats using a spade.
Love Brora, by the way.
Aww, thank you 🙏 Yes, mice can be an issue. One TH-cam video I watched mentioned a guy staying in a bothy on the SUW has either his rucksack or tent nibbled during the night. Brora would also start barking if she heart mice 🐁 Thanks for watching. 👍
Hi there Linda, the best of luck on your adventure. Brora does make me chuckle, it always sounds like your being followed by the Flying Scotsman! 🤣🥾⛰🏴🐶🚂
All the best,
Dave
Thank you. The stream train noise is probably because she pulls on the lead so much her harness restricts her airways. She’s a 🐵 monkey.
Great video 🇨🇦
Thank you 🙏
Well you sure showed that big boulder at the start who was boss when you tried kicking it back, ouch, that could have hurt. Great vid, thank's for posting.
Thanks Ronnie. I had to manhandle it back into the verge. 😂
Well done Linda and Brora, esp. carrying that pack and going for the higher route in spite of the worries at the start - agree it was defo worth it. Can totally relate to the nerves at the start - I'm the same every flippin time - same concerns too (cows, committing to the distance) but a whole new level when with a dog too. Thanks for posting.
Thanks Scott, good to hear it’s not just me that has anxiety at the start of a trail. Had to do a tricky diversion on day 4 to avoid cows & calves sitting right on the path. Fingers crossed it’s cow free for the rest of the trail. 👍
Brilliant! My local bothy in the Ettrick hills is no better place to be. If you walk from Overphawhope to Garrowgill then take a left, it takes you to Dryfe bothy. Too much road walking heading to the lochs! You're brave doing it on your own. Well done!
Thanks so much Jennifer. It’s a quiet trail compared to others. 👍
Did SUW last year. Fantastic walk. The low route was closed so had to go up over Crofthead. So glad I did, it was one of my favourite parts of the way.
Well done Phil. Yes, Croft head was amazing. 🤩
In the year since we met on the Great Glen Way, you continue to inspire me and i continue to admire you and your achievements. I too start off a bit anxious but like you, soon get in my stride and the beautiful surroundings soon make me forget any doubts or worries. I feel I owe you a great debt of gratitude for being such a great role model and I anxiously await seeing the rest of your journey. Btw you deserved your whiskey! 😊
Aww, thanks so much Emma. It was such a struggle with the heavy backpack but nowhere near as bad as on the GGW. It’s a lonely old trail the SUW. Could do with meeting more people like yourself. So glad I inspire you. Thank you. 🙏 X
Good luck Linda, I live in moffat and often catch folk reaching here and stopping. It’s definitely a far more challenging hike than the west highland way.
Thank you. It certainly is. We’d done the WHW in 1991 & the SUW was much tougher. Maybe 🤔 that’s why it’s quieter. 👍
another great walk Linda & Brona loved it Thank you.
Thanks Andrew. 🙏
Absolutely wonderful, fears conquered and onwards with the adventure.
Inspiration to others, including me
Aww, thanks Philip. 🙏
Good to see some routes in Southern Scotland. Thank you for sharing and well done with that backpack!!
Thanks Glen. 🙏
I walked the Southern Upland Way in late August '22. One of my favourite hikes and hardly anyone around, in general. For the time of year I couldn't believe how quiet it was to be honest, a totally different experience from the West Highland Way three months before. I'm not sure I met anyone doing the same hike along the way. Great to see some of it again, thanks.
Thank you, yes very quiet. 👍
Thank you for sharing this part of the way, never managed past the bothy now I’m itchy to do it 🥵🤣. Well done with that pack 👏. Look forward to you next section 👍.
Thanks Janice. 👍
Magic😃. Lovely film and narration. Brora must be worth a couple of miles a day,dog seemed to be towing you along with a constant wagging tail 😁. We do enjoy your films.🫵👍🏼
Aww, thanks Fraser. Unfortunately she doesn’t always pull me in the right direction & tends to zig zag a lot. Thanks for watching. 👍
Very Impressive Linda, well done so far. Some hard walking with that pack, but so peaceful away from tourist honey pots & your tent looks so much nicer than the bothy too!
Thanks Ashley, yeah my tent was a wee haven compared to the bothy. The compost toilet was such a bonus though. 👍
Well done, so impressive the way you carry your load, I hate mice and cows as well. It looks a lovely route and it’s nice that you can opt for lower level walking
Thanks Helen, it was a beautiful section & no cows 🐄 (or mice). 👍
Do you always have the dug on lead?
No, she’s off the lead a fair bit normally. She’s currently in season, too many sheep & on long distance hikes I tend to keep her on lead a lot to restrict her exercise (as she covers a lot of distance). In the hills she chases birds too which is a nightmare (for them). The SUW sure has a lot of 🐑
@@LindaOutdoors she's a belter! I have a male working cocker with almost identical markings.
@@bobblaikie4518 they’re great dogs. People stop me all the time to admire her. She loves attention. 👍