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Walk 44 The Cheviot and Hen Hole

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South ridge of Carlin’s Cairn looking towards Corserine (Walk 7)

Queensberry from Capel Water (Walk 12) – its grassy slopes are typical of the central Southern Uplands

INTRODUCTION

Dun Rig and Hundleshope Heights from Kailzie Hill (Walk 28)

From the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea, one big line of hills stretches all the way along the southern edge of Scotland. The Southern Uplands – it’s the range that’s about as big as the Pennines but you’ve probably never been to. Here are over 80 hills of 2000ft (600m) or more – and the smaller ones are also important. And it’s a country with its own character – green and gentle, but with hidden surprises.

The Lake District, Snowdonia and the Scottish Highlands – UK walkers, quite rightly, clamber their rocky ridges and queue at their summit cairns. For this writer at least, and without wanting to be impolite to the Pennines, the Southern Uplands are the UK’s fourth great range. In terms of land area, it’s Lakeland three times over, or six Snowdonias.