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Guide
Galloway Rivers
The Garple Burn & the Holy Linn
The Facts
Catchment: 45km
Total lenght: 6km
Grade: 3/4 (5)
Looks like a stream when you cross it on the B7075
Needs a few hours of rain to run.
Accssess: Put in
This rivers is situated between St John's town of Dalry and Balmaclellan. The Put in is on the A702 about 3.5km from Dalry. After the tight bend in the road at Boge look for the footpath singe marked Holy Linn and park in small layby. From hear its a 10 min walk to the fall over the feilds.
Take out
There a large Layby on the A713 just south of where this river meets the Ken
The Holly Linn
The fall is runnable at a wide range of levels. It can be run when the rest of the ruver is to low. At low to medium levels there is a clear chanale that leads to the lip of the fall. At this level, if you feel happy you can get to the lip then the rest is straight forward.
At Medium/high to High levels there more options and more reall hazard. At these levels the right wall and ledge can be hit and the tempting line off the center has a large pothole half way down. There is scope on the far left side of the fall for another line in the higher flows.
If your planning to Planing to lap the Fall carry back up the river right bank, it takes about 5min per lap.
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