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We awoke to a dry morning, with the mist still clinging on in a few places; however by the time we started walking at 9:30am it had all cleared. Our first hill for the day was Lochcraig Head (Donald), from where there were good views down to Loch Skeen. We then descended the ridge to the north to Nickies Knowe (Donald Top), from where the views were excellent across to Talla Reservoir and Broad Law.
We dropped to our low point for the day at the Megget Stone, before ascending the long south ridge of Broad Law (Corbett). The summit was adorned with a strange collection of masts together with the more usual trig point, which we reached at 1:30pm. We then headed north-east to climb Cramalt Craig (Donald), followed by Fifescar Knowe (Donald Top) and Dollar Law (Donald).
From the summit of Dollar Law, we retraced our steps for half a km, before taking a traversing path round the east side of Fifescar Knowe to reach Notman Law (Donald Top). Skirting round the head of the Manor Valley, we reached Greenside Law (Donald). We then headed over Black Law (Donald), before camping in the Bealach just before Black Cleuch Hill. All in all, a very good day’s walking with excellent weather!
Written up in November 2010 from memories and photos
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