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| Name: | Bareback Knowe [Windlestraw Law SW Top] |
| Hill number: | 1801 |
| Height: | 656m / 2152ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1800 Windlestraw Law |
| Parent (SMC): | 1800 Windlestraw Law |
| RHB Section: | 28A: Firth of Forth to the River Tweed |
| Donald area: | Moorfoot Hills |
| County/UA: | Scottish Borders |
| Catchment: | Tweed |
| Class: | Subsimm (DT,sSim) |
| Grid ref: | NT 36226 42056 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground to N of fence |
| Drop: | 29.2m |
| Col: | 626.8m NT 3639 4233  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 73 (1:25k) 337 |
| Observations: | large cairn 75m E at NT 36298 42066 is lower |
| Survey: | KR 2x Hand Level/Abney level/Leica RX1250 |
| Comments: | summit height measured as 656.0m |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 260 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| With Nikko and Romeo, I parked just south of Blackhopebyre Farm on the B709. We walked along a track up Glentress Rig to Windlestraw Law, then along to Bareback Knowe and returned down along the fenceline to Glentress Farm, then back up the B709. Some grey clouds and hazy in the distance, but thankfully dry all day. This was Nikko's first a Fiona, Donald & Donald Top, that's him now done one of all the lists of the Full House. | chillyman8 | 25/02/2024 |
| Windlestraw Law, Bareback Knowe and Whitehope Law. SMC route | hummusg | 23/02/2024 |
| A repeat visit. An anticlockwise circuit of hills around Walker Burn from Walkerburn. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 09/01/2024 |
| IMacd45 | 24/11/2023 | |
| jgregor | 19/11/2023 | |
| Parked S of Blackhopebyre, took track up Glentress Rig and on to revisit Windlestraw Law. Contu=inued to Bareback Knowe and Dod Hill (ascent surprisingly rough) and descent NE to road at Glentress. | RobertP | 18/09/2023 |
| Windlestraw Law and Bareback Knowe from B709 roadside parking. | rhalstead | 17/09/2023 |
| See https://scotlandhills.net/marilyns-near-innerleithen-and-peebles/ | hill walker | 05/09/2023 |
| brianb | 05/09/2023 | |
| An easy stroll from Windlestraw Law. Headed west from top down to Dod Hill. | Jossker | 27/05/2023 |
| Three Donald round from near Blackhope. Windlestraw, Bareback Knowe and the steep ascent to Whitehope Law | Longwojo | 06/05/2023 |
| Emma and Simon | 08/04/2023 | |
| dunx2005 | 07/04/2023 | |
| MKInnes | 19/03/2023 | |
| Roadside verge parking between Glentress and Blackhopebyre (NT 3420 4364). Up to Whitehope Law, Middle Hill, Eastside Heights and Windlestraw Hill first, then easy fenceline down to here. On to Dod Hill and return for a 16.3km round which completed the Donalds and Donald Tops. | jonglew | 25/02/2023 |
| Delyoung | 23/02/2023 | |
| anguscow | 03/02/2023 | |
| With Rod, again from Walkerburn, out just bypassing Kirnie Law, over Priesthope Hill then by Glede Knowe and Bareback Knowe to Windlestraw Law. Returned by Middle Hill. | SS | 24/01/2023 |
| weaselmaster | 10/12/2022 | |
| Sick Kid | 10/12/2022 | |
| Tonester | 07/10/2022 | |
| colazione | 22/09/2022 | |
| Jim B | 14/08/2022 | |
| AFD90 | 15/07/2022 | |
| Walkhighlands route from Leithen Road CP with SHC. Excellent and straightforward route. | TRG318 | 10/07/2022 |
| Pommyjon | 03/07/2022 | |
| Limited parking at Blackhopebyre (NT344440). ATV track S then E up Glentress Rig to Wallet Knowe, fades to path to top of Windlestraw Law. Good ATV track 25m SE of fence to SW top of Widlestraw Law. | Isbjorn | 13/06/2022 |
| Climbed with my daughter on a beautiful dry Sunday afternoon from Innerleithen on the Windlestraw horseshoe to Walkerburn. Our first DT was Bareback Know. Followed by our first Graham - Windlestraw! | bumfit | 29/05/2022 |
| highlandhillwalker | 16/04/2022 | |
| 6.6 mile walk from Colquhar farm. Followed Siller Road track up to col then ascended on ATV tracks fairly steeply onto Bareback Knowe and onto Windlestraw Law. Returned back to Siller Road col and ascended Dod Hill descending grass slopes back to Colquhar. Clear and sunny but very windy above 550m. Good views in all directions. Obviously no one about. 632m ascent. Earlier that day we bagged Mountbenger Law. | DanTrig | 20/03/2022 |
| BasherBob | 07/03/2022 | |
| Matt | 02/03/2022 | |
| Whitehope Law, Dod Hill, Bareback Knowe and Windlestraw Law. On the way down from Whitehope I baulked a bit at the “bridge” which was just 2 telegraph poles at GR 342437 so walked downstream and crossed over at the bridge at Glentress. | tsharp | 22/12/2021 |
| scott duncan | 15/11/2021 | |
| AndyS | 11/11/2021 | |
| Robin56 | 01/11/2021 | |
| With Frances. I had to correct a navigational error at the start as we headed up the wrong track. We were lucky that the rain that rolled in from the south and east stayed away from us. In part this walk was a fitness check before the St Cuthberts Way next weekend as well as catching the Donald Top at Bareback Knowe. | langskill | 12/09/2021 |
| Gallovidian | 05/09/2021 | |
| Simon Winton | 01/09/2021 | |
| Colin Crawford | 14/08/2021 | |
| yorkielad | 16/07/2021 | |
| Parked on verge at NT341436, S of Blackhopebyre, on to track up Glentress Rig and Wallet Knowe (increasingly churned by ATVs higher up) continuing directly up to summit of Windlestraw Law, then SW along fence line to summit Bareback Knowe (summit unmarked), then along another fence NW towards Glentress, ending back on road just SW of the Glentress cottage, and returning along road to car | kdbennett | 03/07/2021 |
| Wycombe Wanderer | 23/06/2021 | |
| PeteF | 24/05/2021 | |
| I was chasing the ‘good’ weather today and I headed for the Scottish Borders just north of Innerleithen. This was only a short walk, 3:30hrs, to get Windlestraw Law (659m) a Donald & Graham, then Bareback Knowe (657m) a Donald Top. I parked on the B709 near Blackhopebyre Farm, then walked up a track along the Glentress Rig to Windlestraw Law and returned along the Glentress Burn. There was a couple of light showers, higher cloud, but there was still some views. | chillyman8 | 09/05/2021 |
| Trailmaister | 02/05/2021 | |
| ThickIce | 06/03/2021 | |
| GoldenBhoy | 06/03/2021 | |
| Huwel | 06/01/2021 | |
| SunnyAdventures | 20/12/2020 |