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 At the Grey Mare's Tail
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 The start point for our walk
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 That is the Grey Mare's Tail - it's a waterfall you see, not a tail.
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 Can you see our van?
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 Surprised by Loch Skeen
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 Fording the stream
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 Admiring Loch Skeen
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 Going off piste - there is no path here
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 What a rabble!
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 We find our first snow after reaching the top of White Coombe
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 The goat-proof fence will be our guide for the next 5 miles
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 A happy resi leader
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 At the top of Saddle Yoke
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 The weather today looks less promising!
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 The first of several warnings
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 Striking out
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 An established holly
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 It always rains here, but the dead grass after winter means there is a fire risk
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 A nicely planted rose with its cane and vole guard
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 Looking down on the wee hovel
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 "Would you lick that? Or use your fingers?"
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 We tried a couple of favourite Scottish tipples
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 Setting off
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 Our first view of Carrifran
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 The viewpoint
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 The side of the valley
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 Some trees have been planted already
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 This bridge is actually more precarious than the photo suggests
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 Confidently crossing the bridge
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 Spreading out across the hillside
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 A well-established tree, probably a birch
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 More planting
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 Precious vole guards
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 This is what we're planting, about 2000 of them!
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 An exciting new tool: a planting spear
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 Planting by the burn
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 It's a big place
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 The entrance to the "hovel"
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 Team photo!
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 Team photo helpfully including the top of the hill
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 View from the hill above our hall
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 Near the hall
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 Our lovely abode is at the bottom right
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 Some moor
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 Some more moor
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 Our home for the next few nights
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 We stayed here.
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