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Windy Standard from Polskeoch (page 2)
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The picture on the right shows the view from the top of Windy Standard back down the valley of the Holm Burn towards Nether Holm of Dalquhairn.
The route we have come up is along the ridge on the right.The picture below shows Sandy making for the windmills on the top of Windy Standard, and the route we are to follow after Windy Standard.
Holm Burn from Windy Standard
Blacklorg Alwhat and Alhang from Windy Standard
Windmill Windy Standard
 The picture on the left shows just how high these Windmills are, considering the size of Sandy near it.

The view on the right is looking NW from the top of Windy Standard down Jedburgh Knees. You can see the hills north of Glasgow from here.
Windmills on Jedburgh Knees Windy Standard
View from Alhang to Windy Standard The picture on the left shows the view back from Alhang to Windy Standard as the evening light begins to take over. You can see there is a fair bit of descent and re-ascent to get from Windy Standard to here. The view below is also from Alhang looking SW over the route we went up, then beyond that Moorbrock, with Cairnsmore of Carsphairn looming over it, and Benniner showing above it to the left of Cairnsmore.
Benniner, Moorbrock and Cairnsmore of Carsphairn from Alhang
Afton Reservoir from Alwhat
 The picture on the left shows the view of the Afton Reservoir from Alwhat. You pass the source of the River Afton in the saddle between Alhang and Alwhat.
The River Afton was the subject of a song written by Robert Burns (Scotland's national bard), called "Flow gently sweet Afton".
In the picture on the right evening is really coming on us as we descend Lorg Hill back down to the Water of Ken. We are looking SW here down the valley of the Ken.The picture below was taken from the top of Lorg Hill before we started descending. Here we are looking due east beyond Polskeoch to the rest of the Scaur Hills and beyond them to the Lowther and Durisdeer Hills. Mouseover to see hill names etc.
Water of Ken from Lorg Hill
Scaur, Lowther and Durisdeer Hills from Lorg Hill
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