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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11¼mls (18km) | |
| Ascent: | 2,311ft (704m) | |
| Time: | 6½hrs | |
| Grade: |  | (Moderate) |
Route outline for walk n157:
Wedder Leap - River Coquest - Rowhope Burn - Hindside Knowe - The Street - Swineside Law - Black Braes - Windy Rigg Top - Windy Gyle - Hazely Law - Usway Burn - Middle Hill - Fairhaugh - Barrow Burn - Barrowburn.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 1 English Mountain |
 0 Wainwrights |
 1 English Nuttall |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Windy Gyle at 619m (2031ft). Windy Gyle is classified as a Donald (No. 85) and an English Mountain (Hewitt) (169th highest in England, 296th highest in England & Wales). Windy Gyle is also known as an English Nuttall (236th highest in England, 411th highest in England & Wales). Since Windy Gyle lies on the border between England & Scotland it has the distinction of being classified as an Scottish Donald, an English Mountain (Hewitt) and an English Nuttall. The summit of Windy Gyle is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point & a huge cairn (on the Scottish side of the border). Since Windy Gyle lies on the border between England & Scotland it has the distinction of being classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt), an English Nuttall and a Scottish Donald.
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk n157 Swineside Law and Windy Gyle from Wedder Leap, Barrowburn
In no particular order . . .
Stile over the border fence between England and Scotland on the way to Windy Gyle
Swineside Law (left) and Black Braes (right) with Mozie Law (back left) and Windy Gyle (back right) from Hindside Knowe
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