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A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 10:03 am
by Johnny Corbett
Sparleton 1hr 30mins

First hill of the day was Sparleton from Whiteadder Reservoir where there is parking on left as you cross the bridge. We took the track from here round Summer Hill towards the ruined castle, heading to the summit before reaching the castle. We returned in the direction of the castle before taking the path and track back to the car.
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Dirrington Great Law 1hr 30mins

Second hill was Dirrington Great Law where we parked next to the gate just along the road from Dronshiel. A track leads towards the trees and continues round to a wall and then all the way to the summit.
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Lamberton Hill 40mins

Final hill was Lamberton Hill which was recently promoted to Marilyn status. In reality it's just a field and can probably be walked in 15mins or less. We parked on the grass verge next to the gate to the field and crossed the Sheep field before entering the cow field and over to the remains of the Fort which is the summit area. We then walked over to the trig point before ruturning to the car.
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Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:13 pm
by robertphillips
you cant beat a good road trip for some small hills, will look back at this report when going to do these 3.

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:49 pm
by Sgurr
Re Lamberton Hill

Got quite a shock suddenly realising there were CATTLE about, as well as sheep

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Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:56 pm
by Johnny Corbett
robertphillips wrote:you cant beat a good road trip for some small hills, will look back at this report when going to do these 3.
You'll easily manage the other 2 Subs as well down this way when you get round to it :D Sgurr, yes the cattle were eyeing us up when we got into their field :shock:

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:00 pm
by Silverhill
Lamington Hill must be one of the easiest Marilyns! I was also wondering how you managed to get those sheep walking in such a nice formation. Extraordinary!

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:07 pm
by LeithySuburbs
Didn't think I'd see these hills on WH... Meikle Says Law is another cracker round there :lol:

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:04 pm
by Collaciotach
Jeezo you will climb anything :lol: :lol:

Liked the field comment haha ..... good stuff

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:21 am
by Norman_Grieve
JC, reckon if you'd followed moi route back in March traversing the 1st twa en-route fae Dunbar tae Duns, you'd hae had a far better challenge & mair memorable, hard trip, especially as a failed attempt at a day trip fae Airberdin... :roll:

http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=40278

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:00 pm
by dooterbang
Another threesome....some stamina mate :wink:

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:31 pm
by foggieclimber
Useful report thanks as I might do these next month while down in the area. A threesome would be good :lol:

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:06 pm
by Scotjamie
Nice report on my local hills JC. Nice return from Spartleton is via the old herring road
Well done

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Thu Oct 16, 2014 6:49 pm
by Fife Flyer
Nice one JC, they may feature in my plans over the winter :wink:

Thanks for posting :clap:

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:49 am
by Johnny Corbett
Silverhill wrote:Lamington Hill must be one of the easiest Marilyns! I was also wondering how you managed to get those sheep walking in such a nice formation. Extraordinary!
Yeah a nice and easy one this. The sheep headed for the gate to the cow field not realizing that was where we were heading and then about turned. I felt i could make a good sheep dog :D
LeithySuburbs wrote:Didn't think I'd see these hills on WH... Meikle Says Law is another cracker round there :lol:
Yeah we did that a few weeks ago, cheers.
Collaciotach wrote:Jeezo you will climb anything :lol: :lol:

Liked the field comment haha ..... good stuff
If it gets me a blue balloon i'll climb it :lol:
Norman_Grieve wrote:JC, reckon if you'd followed moi route back in March traversing the 1st twa en-route fae Dunbar tae Duns, you'd hae had a far better challenge & mair memorable, hard trip, especially as a failed attempt at a day trip fae Airberdin... :roll:

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Aye all your trips are epic Norman, you need to slow doon and take it easy sometimes :crazy:
dooterbang wrote:Another threesome....some stamina mate :wink:
Aye i've still got it, even at my age :lol:
foggieclimber wrote:Useful report thanks as I might do these next month while down in the area. A threesome would be good :lol:
Thanks, easiest threesome i've ever had :wink:
Scotjamie wrote:Nice report on my local hills JC. Nice return from Spartleton is via the old herring road
Well done
Cheers, it was a good day and an area i'd never been to, although been down the A1 numerous times. The good thing about these wee ones is it takes you off the beaten track. :D
Fife Flyer wrote:Nice one JC, they may feature in my plans over the winter :wink:

Thanks for posting :clap:
Thanks, theses will make nice walks in the snow i'd imagine. Good luck and i'll watch out for the report. :D

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:33 pm
by Norman_Grieve
Norman_Grieve wrote:JC, reckon if you'd followed moi route back in March traversing the 1st twa en-route fae Dunbar tae Duns, you'd hae had a far better challenge & mair memorable, hard trip, especially as a failed attempt at a day trip fae Airberdin... :roll:

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Aye all your trips are epic Norman, you need to slow doon and take it easy sometimes [/quote]

TOWIE - The only way is epics.

As the great Sir Simon P Derbyshire hath decreed, the challenge presented by the weebies, is to find ways to make them mair difficult....

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:18 pm
by Norman_Grieve
Johnny Corbett wrote:
Norman_Grieve wrote:JC, reckon if you'd followed moi route back in March traversing the 1st twa en-route fae Dunbar tae Duns, you'd hae had a far better challenge & mair memorable, hard trip, especially as a failed attempt at a day trip fae Airberdin... :roll:

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Aye all your trips are epic Norman, you need to slow doon and take it easy sometimes :crazy:


TOWIE - The only way is epic.

As Sir Simon P Derbyshire hath pronouced, the challenge o' the weebies is to find a way to make them worth doing... :wink: