A Trip to the Grey Mare's Tail Waterfall, near Moffat

Rob, Brock and I had a morning out, visiting the Grey Mare's Tail Waterfall, near Moffat, today.

There is a car park nearby and you can see the falls from there, or take a walk up into the hills to get alongside the waterfall and to climb up to Loch Skeen (about 2.5 miles up, reached via a steep and uneven, but well-marked path). The Loch feeds the waterfall. Since the weather was good, we decided to walk up to the Loch. After climbing up the first steep incline with many steps to navigate, we were wondering if we'd made the right decision!

The view looking back to the car park

Part of the first upward incline

You can see how the waterfall gets its name. It is a 60m (200ft) drop into the gorge, making it the fifth highest cascade in the UK.

The 'Photobummer' strikes again! The number of photos we have that show Brock's rear end does not bear thinking about. Here he is enjoying the walk. We had to put him on the lead at some points, where the drop to the burn was steep, and when there were other walkers and/or sheep around.

Made it to the top! This is Loch Skeen. A brief rain shower came down just as we stopped for our sandwiches.

 

This video shows the top section of the main falls, but there are many other small waterfalls further up the burn.

 

 

This was where we stopped for our picnic.

The price in the car park is £3.00 and you can buy a leaflet about the Grey Mare's Tail Nature Reserve (including points of interest along the walk) for 50p.