“Seven members of Biggar Ramblers undertook an 8 mile walk of two halves on Wednesday 7th June, starting from the village of Abington. In glorious sunshine, they crossed bridges over both the river Clyde and the west coast railway line and started the gentle ascent alongside the Raggengill Burn, rounding the back of Raggengill Hill before facing a panoramic hilltop view of wind farms to the east on the tops of Hawkwood Hill, Rome Hill and Mossy Dod. At this point the opportunity was taken for a well-earned coffee stop on a grassy bank looking up the Camps Water valley.
Traversing several fields with lots of sheep and their lambs, we managed to rescue a couple of lambs trapped behind fencing and reunite them with their respective mothers. Crossing Camps Water at Normangill the group headed west alongside the Camps reservoir road. High on the banks above the water the ramblers took their lunch whilst watching the antics of the Oyster Catchers and Wagtails on the plain.
Once in Crawford we walked past the ruins of the old castle and took in some of its history. Following the main railway line for the final couple of miles, we recrossed both the railway and Clyde River and returned to our start point four and a half hours after this delightful walk in the sunshine had begun.”
