Summary
This is a walk to clear the mind. Almost immediately after leaving the car park, you are met with an immense sense of space as you look over the salt marsh, or merse, to the Solway Firth, with the Lake District fells beyond. To the right, across the Nith estuary, is Criffel, an easily identifiable landmark of Dumfries- shire, above New Abbey.
The walk goes through a national nature reserve, allowing you to enjoy either a woodland stroll or a tramp across the merse, before reaching the fine ramparts of Caerlaverock Castle, which looks like a castle should - timeless impregnable walls surrounded by a water- filled moat.See the full content of this document
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Walk of the Week: Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries-Shire
Look out for birds. In the winter months you can't miss barnacle geese, but at this time of year there are still a wide variety - including the curlew, with its crescendo of a whoop. You m...
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