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Cloth SUW badges are also usually available, for a small price, at various local outlets.

A high-level alternative coast-to-coast route

Suitably experienced hill walkers and backpackers may wish to devise their own high level coast-to-coast route across the Southern Uplands. It is possible to plan and execute several such routes of various levels of difficulty. From west to east the main ranges to consider crossing are the Galloway Hills, Carsphairn Hills, Lowther Hills, Moffat Hills, Manor or Tweedsmuir Hills, the Moorfoots and the Lammermuir Hills. Such an adventure would be a considerable undertaking, far in excess of that of walking the SUW. The SUW provides access to most of these ranges and could form the principal means of linking up the high level sections. Information gleaned from this guidebook as well as in the Cicerone-published guide to the Southern Uplands (see Appendix C) should prove helpful to those planning their own routes across these hills. It is hoped that those who have not previously walked in the Southern Uplands will develop a love of this area during their SUW trek and will want to return again and again, to explore the area more fully, walk more of the hill ranges and even attempt a bespoke coast-to-coast crossing of this wonderful region. Knowledge and experience of the area gained whilst on the SUW will well equip the walker for such future visits and ventures.