An excellent turn out for the Slower group with 16 folk and 2 dogs. Driving to Flotterstone in the rain and snow didn’t bode well with a healthy breeze. Thankfully is was dry for the run and started again as we drove home.
After a route brief and reminder to carry winter gear we headed past the filter beds then up to the Castlelaw Range. We passed the fasties going the opposite direction to us. Turning rightwards after Castlelaw carpark, we followed green paths to the monument then crossed the burn by the new steps and decking. Woodhouselee was ascended till the trod to ravine and the broken sink. We followed the track to the drove road which we crossed to take the higher quad bike track the traverses and then descends on the North side of Castlelaw towards Glencorse. A trot along the road and back past the filter beds gave a nice 9km circuit.
Mark Hartree