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The Mountain Weather Information Service provides daily forecasts for the Scottish, English and Welsh mountains. It happens to be based in Galloway’s Glenkens, so its specific ‘Southern Uplands’ forecast is no afterthought, but at least as carefully prepared as those for higher and busier bits of hill elsewhere. See www.mwis.org.uk.

Transport

The Southern Uplands are approached by way of Glasgow, Edinburgh or Carlisle. Air travellers could touch down at Glasgow and Edinburgh, as well as Prestwick or Newcastle. Within the area, the main transport hubs are Dumfries, Galashiels, Hawick and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Few local buses are helpful to hillwalkers; convenient car hire is at Carlisle, Dumfries and Berwick.

For general information on transport in Scotland, contact www.travelinescotland.com, 0871 200 2233. Details of local transport, by area, are given in Appendix B.

Rail

Both East Coast and West Coast main lines pass through the Southern Uplands, but their former stations among the hills have closed. Only the side line Dumfries–Glasgow has useful stations on it (for Section 2 of the guide). For more details contact www.scotrail.co.uk.