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At frist glance Galloway Forest Park's go-to would be the reasonably big hills around its edges: the classic high ridgeline of the Rhinns of Kells; the slightly lower but refreshingly rugged Minnigaffs; and the Range of the Awful Hand culminating in the Merrick. But actually, the bit that matters is hidden in the middle. That's where you'll find the grey granite slabs and boulders, black peaty bog, person-eating tussocks and two dozen silvery lochans. The highest, gnarliest of the lochs, and one of the UK's remoter stretches of water, is the amoeboid Loch Enoch, right at the heart of the range. A bog-free little ridgeline with a small path leads up to it; a rather harsher path takes in two more of the lochs on the way down again. So stuff your summits: this is the genuine granity Galloway.

7.39 miles, 11.90 km, 484m ascent, 5 – 6 hours. Newton Stewart

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