Why this ride
A 90 km round trip from Annan - roughly 1 h 31 in the saddle. On the way it passes Skinburness, Low Mire and back through Skinburness. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha and Low Mire
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 90 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 31
- 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.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha
The Solway Firth is shallow and wide on its Scottish side, and between Annan and Gretna the land is flat and green, with sheep and cattle, field boundaries lined with hawthorn, and long views across the water to the Lake District hills.
Read the complete Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha 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 26 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 45 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 Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha.
5. Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha to Skinburness
Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha → Skinburness is 26 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 Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha
back through Skinburness → Knockcross Roman temporary camp at Grey Ha is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.