Gray Mares Tail...

Mike & I went back to the Gray Mares Tail near Moffat determined to get to the Corrie at the top.

The hill was sculpted by glaciation, during a series of ice ages between 2 million and 15,000 years ago, massive ice rivers or glaciers flowed slowly through the landscape, scraping out the ground beneath.

The Roaring Linn - Grey Mare's Tail has a drop of 60m (200ft), making it one of the highest cascades in Britain. The water flows from Loch Skeen into the Tail Burn, and then tumbles down the glistening rocks and craigs before joining the Moffat Water. Loch Skeen is southern Scotland's highest upland loch and sits over 500m (1,640ft) above sea level.

We were not the only ones enjoying the walk and the views there was two bus loads of young Jewish boys as well. They were really friendly and warned us not to walk on the ice at the loch as one of them had fallen in and another 7 soon followed trying to get the 1st one out. Thankfully they had some spare cloths to share about until they got to the bottom and only lost a pair of glasses, no injures.

It was a magic walk to the top and back. The cloud bank was half way up the hill and made going up much nicer as you could not see the sheer drop on the left hand side, but could hear the waterfall roaring. At the top of the waterfall that you can see from the road, the cloud back lifted and it was gorgeous and sunny. You could see for miles and on the way back down it was lovely and clear to, but the sheer drop was on the right hand side this time and made me rather nervous.

It was a brilliant day.

Shona :0)