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The trouble with a line is that its two ends are rather far apart. Walkers with two cars can be clever and get onto the ridge’s northern end from Green Well of Scotland. Otherwise, there’s a bit of guddling about in the plantations to start with. This is the necessary price if Carlin’s Cairn is to be included – perhaps the finest peak of the ridgeline. However, there is a more straightforward route from Forrest Lodge westwards through the trees that gives direct access to Corserine (see ‘Variant’, below).

Tracks at the car park are more complicated than marked on maps. Take the main track north, crossing another stone bridge with 2 ton weight limit, to the gateway to Forrest Lodge; a statue of a piper is ahead. Bear left here on a rougher track (signed for Nether Forrest and Forrest Lodge). This track is not marked on Landranger and is incorrectly marked on Explorer maps. Pass round to the left of the lodge.

After 800 metres roughly northeast, reach a T-junction with a major track. Turn up left for 150 metres to another junction. Keep left, and after 300 metres follow the track round to the right at an open shed.