White Coomb, 18th October 2026
After my amazing day leading on Narnain, I knew I had another decent day of weather on the Sunday. I wasn't going to let that go, so I packed for a light and fast day and got a reasonably early night. On Saturday I was up at 0700, and away just under an hour later, having to scrape the car for the second day in a row. The sun was bright and low on the way down the M74 but the traffic was light and I made it down to Moffat quite quickly. I took care on some icy patches on the wee road out to the Grey Mare's Tail car park and got parked at 0940. I was pretty much ready and it was freezing, so I put on a light insulation layer and started running straight up the steep path to the view of the falls. Grey Mare's Tail As soon as was I in sunlight, it was roasting, but I pressed on - the occasional gust reminding me that winter is on the way. Eventually, I came to the top of the Tail Burn and the outflow of Loch Skeen. It's a very impressive place - a huge corrie loch with a s...
