View looking north-eastward over Loch Kindar and the River Nith towards Glencaple and Caerlaverock, from near the top of Criffel

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08 In the picture above we are looking back down the shoulder we have just come up. You can see where the car is parked near the right edge of the picture. That's Loch Kindar with it's crannog and beyond it the Nith estuary with the village of Glencaple on the far away bank just about the middle of the picture. The Moffat and Ettrick hills are in the distance, New Abbey is near the left edge of the picture and above that you can see part of Dumfries. Sweetheart Abbey in New Abbey dates back to the 13th Century. Below is Douglas's cairn at the top of Criffel. You can see that even in snow conditions this is a popular walk. As with all popular routes there is errosion caused and the ground can therefore be a bit soggy in places especially once you get above the tree line as mentioned earlier.

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