Walk Information:
- Distance: 10 km
- Duration: 3h
- Ascent: 48m
- Level: Easy
- Car park: Everholm Car Park, 22 Battery St, Annan DG12, Free
- Dog friendly: Yes – only a small portion at Brydekirk along the road.
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Happy New Years to you all!
Mid-december, we decided to meet our friend Tania for a walk in Scotland. As she lives in Glasgow, we had decided last year to try to meet every couples of months between Glasgow and Cumbria for a walk. Unfortunately, we did not have the opportunity to do it as much as we wanted. The first walk we did with her was around the Falls of Clyde in New Lanark Village. For this second walk together, we decided to meet in Annan as we were afraid that any small countryside roads will be very icy.
I had found this walk in Country Walking magazine and decided it will be a great one for a winter day. This circular walk starting from the village of Annan follows the river of the same name up to the village of Brydekirk and then goes back to Annan using the Annandale Way.

It is a very easy walk as it is flat and do not necessitate a lot of navigation skills. Also perfect for dogs as 90% of the walk is on footpaths. However, in winter the path can be a bit icy, so be careful.
The walk offers beautiful views on the Scottish countryside and the small weird on the river. It also passes through great woods. It is a lovely place in winter so I imagine in summer it must be great to walk there and maybe have a dip in the river.
It definitely made us want to discover more about the area around Annan.
Do you know this walk or the Annandale Way? Any walks in that area you recommend?








Bonne Année à tous !
Mi-decembre, nous avons decidé de voir notre amie Tania pour une randonnée en Ecosse. Vu qu’elle habite maintenant à Glasgow, nous avions décidé l’année dernière d’organiser des randonnées entre Glasgow et Cumbria plusieurs fois par an. Malheureusement, nous n’avons pas eu l’opportunité d’en faire autant que nous voulions. La première que nous avons faite était autour des cascades de Clyde proche du village de New Lanark. Pour cette deuxième randonnée ensemble, nous avons décidé de se retrouver à Annan car nous étions un préoccupé par l’état des routes du aux gelées des derniers jours.
J’avais vu cette randonnée dans le magazine Country Walking et avez pensé que ça serait une bonne randonnée pour une journée hivernale. Cette randonnée circulaire commence du village d’Annan, suit la rivière du même nom jusqu’au village de Brydekirk pour repartir en direction d’Annan en suivant le chemin du Annandale Way.

La randonnée est très facile car elle est plate et ne demande pas de connaissance en navigation. Elle est aussi parfaite pour les chiens car 90% de la randonnée se passe sur des sentiers hors routes. Par contre, il faudra faire attention en hiver car le sentier peut être gelé par endroit.
La randonnée offre de belles vues sur la campagne écossaise et le petit barrage sur la rivière Annan. Elle passe aussi par des bois. C’est un endroit agréable en hiver donc j’imagine qu’en été cela doit être encore mieux et il est peut être possible de s’arrêter pour une petite baignade le long de la rivière.
Elle nous a donnée envie de découvrir plus de la région autour d’Annan.
Connaissez-vous cette randonnée ou le sentier d’Annandale Way? Avez-vous des randonnées dans la région à nous recommender?

We did the same walk in May, though the other way round, starting at Bryceland.
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It is a great walk isn’t it. In May it must have been even better. Did you see any wild garlic or bluebells in the forest?
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I don’t remember any that day, but certainly elsewhere in the area we did, especiallybluebells (we were there for a long weekend). Are the remains of the footbridges gone now? There were two swept away in the previous winter’s storms and they were lying in the river in May.
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Yes the bridges are not present anymore. It is only possible to cross the river at Annan or at Brydekirk now.
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This is the wreckage of one of them. I think local people were hoping they would be replaced – maybe they will be some day.
https://glasgowgallivanter.com/2022/09/08/hoddom-and-the-repentance-tower/#jp-carousel-27430
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Looks like a nice little walk over the border – an easy one by your standards!
Et, je te souhaite une bonne année, Mélodie
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Thank you.
It is nice sometimes to go for easy walks lol.
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I do like an easy walk, lol. Looks a nice one for the Spring.
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It is a great one indeed and you can go visit the Annandale distillery nearby 😉.
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Happy New Years to you as well. This looks like a nice scenic walk. I love the views of the Scottish countryside.
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Thank you. Scotland has a multitude of diverse scenery from flat/beach land to mountains.
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Happy New Year, Melodie! I’m glad you were able to enjoy such a great walk at this time of year.
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Thank you ☺️. It was a lovely winter day.
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I do like a riverside walk, Melodie, and there’s plenty of water in that river. A lovely one for Spring, I expect. I’ve shared it this morning. Happy New Year!
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Thank you Jo.
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🤗🌺
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