Why this ride
87 km from Annan to Annan, about 1 h 40 of riding. The stops in between: Skinburness, Low Mire and back through Skinburness. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be and Low Mire
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 87 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 40
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be → Skinburness
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 18 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 24 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be
The small Roman fort at Drumburgh sat on a low rise above the Solway marshes, guarding a stretch of Hadrian's Wall where the frontier ran along the edge of the firth towards its western end at Bowness. Nothing much survives of the fort itself, but its stones did not go far. Drumburgh Castle, a fortified farmhouse built in the sixteenth century by the Dacre family, is clearly made from reused Roman masonry, and you can still pick out dressed blocks and even the odd carved fragment set into its walls.
Read the complete Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be is where the day begins. Next is Skinburness.
2. Skinburness
Skinburness is a scatter of houses at the tip of a shingle spit on the Solway coast of Cumbria, just north of Silloth, looking across the wide, shimmering estuary to the hills of Scotland. When the tide goes out, the Solway empties into vast expanses of sand and mud, with channels winding through them, and the light changes constantly as clouds race overhead. On clear evenings, the sunsets over the Scottish hills, with the dark bulk of Criffel opposite, are spectacular.
Read the complete Skinburness write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Skinburness comes up about 24 km into the recorded legs. Next is Low Mire.
3. Low Mire
Low Mire lies in the quiet farmland behind the Cumbrian coast, near Dearham and Maryport, where the land slopes gently down to the Solway Firth and the hills of southern Scotland rise across the water. It is an area of small fields, hedges and scattered farms, with the Lake District fells visible to the south-east on clear days.
Read the complete Low Mire write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 43 km into the recorded legs you reach Low Mire. Next is back through Skinburness.
4. back through Skinburness
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Skinburness write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Skinburness, late in the day. Next is Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be.
5. Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be to Skinburness
Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be → Skinburness is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Skinburness to Low Mire
Skinburness → Low Mire is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Low Mire to back through Skinburness
Low Mire → back through Skinburness is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Skinburness to Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be
back through Skinburness → Drumburgh Roman fort and Hadrian's Wall be is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.