Jon Barnes, Steve Rodgers, Anna Strachan, Jimmy Stevenson and Tim Mason met at the ‘Grey mare’s tail’ waterfall, 16km north-east of Moffat. After two months of almost solid rain, the falls were most impressive, but we doubted our ability to cross the burn and thus reach our objective. So a direct assault on White Coomb (821m) was agreed on. And bloody steep it was too! But eventually the gradient eased and we were able to follow the remains of a wall to the summit plateau. Here the wind was blowing a gale, so we decided to leave the high ground and and make our way to Loch Skeen, the end of the footpath that goes past the falls. The burns were not easy to cross, but nobody fell in, and we arrived back at the cars in good spirits. Against all the odds, a dry day in a gentler area than we are wont to walk in. JON BARNES

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