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Around St Mary's Loch
Map of a circular walk from Dryhope over Henderland Hill to Cappercleuch, Loch of the Lowes and Tibbie Shiels Inn returning by the the Southern Upland Way
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Map of a walking route from Dryhope over Henderland Hill to Cappercleuch, Loch of the Lowes and Tibbie Shiels Inn returning by the the Southern Upland Way Map of a walking route from Dryhope over Henderland Hill to Cappercleuch, Loch of the Lowes and Tibbie Shiels Inn returning by the the Southern Upland Way Map of a walking route from Dryhope over Henderland Hill to Cappercleuch, Loch of the Lowes and Tibbie Shiels Inn returning by the the Southern Upland Way

01 There is not a great deal of hill climbing involved in this route but it is nevertheless an interesting walk with considerable historic interest. We did the walk anti-clockwise.
We have to park in a lay-by beside the A708 (the Moffat to Selkirk road) and walk NW along this road till we meet the Southern Upland Way just beyond Dryhope. We visit Dryhope Tower and then head west onto the hills, getting fine views over St Mary's Loch, Loch of the Lowes and the Megget Reservoir, before descending to the Megget Water at Henderland. We then head SE to Cappercleuch and from there follow the A708 south to Tibbie Shiels Inn where we pick up the Southern Upland Way and head back along the southern shore of St Mary's Loch back to Dryhope and the car.
We took 6 hours 10 minutes to this walk but we had stopped for some lunch at the Glen Cafe near Tibbie Shiels and were also into Tibbie Shiels for a pint - a leisurely day. If you wanted a tougher day you could head up onto The Wiss and over by Peat Law to Dryhope which might be quite interesting.
In October 2015 I recieved this email from Ettrick and Yarrow Community Development Company. As I see that you have a walk around St Mary's Loch on your website, you might be interested in the attached leaflet. It describes a circular walk around the loch that the Ettrick and Yarrow Community Development Company has recently completed and is now promoting to encourage visitors to our valleys. It's a shorter and lower level walk than the one on your website but, at about seven miles of mainly level walking, is one that we hope will have wide appeal. With the exception of a short stretch of verge walking it also stays off the main road, which has always been the main problem with trying to walk right round the loch. The walk is well signposted and waymarked, and the leaflet is widely available from the local pubs, cafes, information centres, b&b's, etc.
Here is a link to further walks in the area from Ettrick and Yarrow Tourism Group.

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