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Queensberry, Penbreck and Earncraig from Mitchellslacks
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View of where the track goes down to Mitchellslacks View of where the track goes down to Mitchellslacks View of where the track goes down to Mitchellslacks

02 To get to Mitchellslacks you take the minor road for Ae Village off the A701 roughly 6 kilometers (just under 4 miles) north of the Dumfries town boundary. You go right on well past Ae village until you come to a sign indicating a right turn onto the single track road sign-posted for Mitchellslacks. If you get to Loch Ettrick you have just missed the juction. Ae is the place with the shortest name in Britain.
The picture above shows where I parked - just where the track goes to the right down to Mitchellslacks. However Mitchellslacks has changed hands since these pages were created and the new owners have contacted me about this saying:
"This information is now outdated and where you inform people to park is a private drive, serving two properties with extensive vehicle movements.The previous farmer has left and farm activity has increased significantly.This is creating huge access issues and there are frequently 10 cars parked there. Whereby we like to see people enjoying the surrounding countryside this is now becoming a problem for the residents. There is parking further along [the single track road] on the right by the footpath sign and further parking on an unused forest access road on the left about a quarter of a mile along the road."
In the picture below I have zoomed in on the sign at the road end. You will see that there is a "CT" on the post above the sign. This stands for Covenanters Trail telling us that Mitchellslacks (with the neighbouring house of Locherben) was an important place in the history of the late 17th century Covenanting Movement.
The third picture shows the road you will take down to Mitchellslack. At the red asterisk you bear left. We used to park there.

Detail of the Covenanter Trail sign at Mitchellslacks
Parking nearer to Mitchellslacks
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