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From the A701 one mile north of St Ann’s (OS Map 322 mile north of St Ann’s From the A701 one up through Hazelbank Plantation, GR072, 953) head Cottage and over fields past down to Blackburn roads, minor of series A farms. Heathfield and Greenbeck and plantation bring you paths through pastureland, and Corncockle Flow through Spedlin’s past Lochbrow, and Millhousebridge. Templand to the road between left here, following the ‘Lockerbie’ sign, to Turn the Annan. If, Millhousebridge down the banks of Applegarthtown stopping in Lockerbie turn left after walking along quiet roads leaving the Annandale Way, turn right along the into the town. If you’re carrying on across Dryfe Water, road through Gallaberry Plantation Garden. Here is along quiet roads to Lockerbie Memorial along the A709. a second opportunity to enter Lockerbie the through road main the cross south, Continuing Reserve. Followplantation that makes up Eskrigg Nature drop road, minor a along Southfield Pilmur, through on thewith walking right turn you where Kettleholm towards and through the plantation past of Milk to your left Water where a sharp rightMilkbank Kennels. Carry on to Broom Annandale the of loop westward the rejoin you see will Milk the before just Farm, Brocklerigg through Go Way. opposite until river the follow and Annan the joins footbridge,Hoddom Castle, crossing on the Mainholm either for the castle or Hoddom Bridge on the B723. (OS Map 322 GR164,727). y

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O U T The Jardines were early pioneers in Queensland Australia. In 1865 John Jardine named an ‘Annan’ O K River there. It is also a fishing destination, but unlike the Scottish Annan, has crocodiles. T E R • L A Site of Jardine Hall (1814) was demolished in 1964. Parkgate Jardine, Matheson & Co was formed in 1832, traded with T E R W A Jardines of Applegarth moved China in tea and opium and later involved in banking. to Spedlin’s tower C15. Millhousebridge was built in 1814 as Templand an estate village for Jardine Hall. Steven’s Croft biomass plant, Applegarth a village on a C8-11 Millhousebridge largest in Scotland. Can monastic site with a church and the power 70,000 homes.

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W Dryfe Sands – the last great battle between Minsca Border families Maxwell and Johnstone, 1593. Confluence wind farm. of Annan and diversion Ladyward Roman Fort and Torwood marching Route Kinnel Water. Lockerbiecamp. In the invasion of 79AD, they walked 15-25 A welcome to Lockerbie miles a day and built temporary fortified camp at the end of each day’s march. Tougher footwear We would love to invite you to was developed for Scottish conditions. Lockerbie. There’s a lot to do, from Lockerbie Dairy or ‘the places to get refreshments to places to cheesie’. Eskrigg nature reserve managed by Lockerbie Wildlife Trust, is on get your energy back. Why not go for Burnswark Hill - an Hightae the site of an old curling pond. iron age fort and a delicious ice cream? Or if it’s raining, Roman camp where visit our local library. We have two there may have been a siege in the conquest Church of Scotland and one Catholic of Scotland. Church, with friendly ministers. We St Mungo’s also have a memorial for all the people graveyard (‘Mungo’ One of many placenames in a familiar name for that died tragically in the Lockerbie air Annandale which include ‘holm’ – Kentigern). (‘Meadow beside a river’) Ecclefechan disaster on the 21st December 1988. 70% of land use in the Annan catchment is agricultural, much of We hope you enjoy your time on the walk. it used for cattle grazing. Birthplace of Victorian essayist Lockerbie Academy Dalton & historian Thomas Carlyle. Every call, whistle and hoot. Runs like a river through my head. • Lockerbie Academy S • INDUSTRY • GHOSTS & STORIES • FAMOUS FAMILIES • ENERGY • TRAVEL & TOURISM • LITERATURE • GEOLOGY • FLIGHT CE I rush across the stones, A tive dive L a rs P e i r o Flicking up water. G C n Suddenly I come to flat And struggle to make it across. S & H I D N Collect some objects which could I’m downhill again, O U T have magic qualities (collecting Feeling the wind through my droplets, O K may be in the form of sketching Rushing, rushing from Moffat. or a few words if the objects are T E R • L A too big to move!). Ask ‘what Down by Lochmaben, if…?’ e.g. What if leaves contain

T E R W Passing Lockerbie A secret messages? What if a leaf floats downstream to Annan and Gliding through Annan. a fisherman ‘reads’ it? I rise upwards, As other waters join me

A N D & T R E S • W in my quest for freedom. Then I sink back down again, O D L

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I keep on swishing through the hills, The light fading now and then, As the stone crawls overhead, When the people build bridges to get across me. I’m nearing the end of my life. I was born in the Moffat hills but I’m heading for the Solway, Down to the firth.

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St Ann’s – Millhousebridge – Hoddom