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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Jane Dunford

Waterfalls, stargazing and buzzards: the Moffat walking festival in Scotland’s southern uplands

Devil's Beef Tub, Scotland
Devil's Beef Tub is a deep hollow five miles outside Moffat on the Annandale Way Photograph: VisitMoffat

At the top of the gorge, strings of Tibetan prayer flags flutter between trees, a waterfall cascades over rock, the white dome of a stupa peeps through the foliage. I watch the water-driven prayer wheel, mesmerised, and nod hello to Dawa Sherpa. I may be in Scotland but it feels as if I’ve been transported to deepest Nepal.

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