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 Photographs of a circuit of the hills above Glensax

at Peebles in the Borders Region of Scotland


Hills above Peebles from the River Tweed in the Borders Region of Southern Scotland

Hills above Peebles

from the River Tweed


Peebles on ascent of the old drove road to Kailzie Hill

Peebles

on ascent of the old drove road

 to Kailzie Hill


Peebles from Kailzie Hill

Peebles

from Kailzie Hill



Cairn on Kailzie Hill above Peebles

Cairn on Kailzie Hill

 above 
Peebles



Hills above Glensax at Peebles

Hills above Glensax





Mountain bikers on Birkscairn Hill above Peebles

Mountain bikers

 on Birkscairn Hill





Cairn on Birkscairn Hill above Glensax at Peebles

Cairn on Birkscairn Hill

 above Glensax





Signpost on the Tweed Trail to Yarrow Valley

 Signpost on the Tweed Trail

 to Yarrow Valley





Trig Point on Dun Rig above Glensax at Peebles

Trig Point on Dun Rig ( 744m )

 above Glensax





Glensax on traverse to Hundleshope Heights

Glensax on traverse

 to Hundleshope Heights





Trig Point on Hundleshope Heights

Trig Point

 on Hundleshope Heights ( 682m )





Peebles on descent from Hundleshope Heights

Peebles

on descent

 from Hundleshope Heights




Hundleshope Farm beneath Hundleshope Heights

Hundleshope Farm

 beneath

 Hundleshope Heights






Map of Glensax Circuit

Map of Glensax Circuit

( Note: Click here or on above
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GLENSAX CIRCUIT - ROUTE DESCRIPTION:

Distance: 12.5mls/20km
Approx Time: 7-9 hours
 Start / Finish: End of Springhill Road, Peebles, GF NT260392
Map: Ordnance Survey Landrange Sheet 73 ( Peebles Galashiels & Selkirk )
Public Transport: Regular bus services to Peeble from Edinburgh. From the town centre it is about a kilometre to the start point shown above.

Route: From the end of Springhill Road descend into the Gipsy Glen and cross the burn by a footbridge.
Follow the path onto the open hillside and continue over the summits of Kailzie Hill, Kirkhope Law, Birkscairn Hill. Stake Law and Dun Flig.
From just beyond Dun Rig bear N over Glenrath Heights, Middle Hill and Hundleshope Heights.
Descend beside a fence that follows the Juniper and Rae Burn to Hundleshope Farm, where a minor road heads N back to Peebles.



Map of Glensax at Peebles

Map of Glensax at Peebles





Map of the Borders Drove Road at Peebles

Map of the Borders Drove Road at Peebles




 
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