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A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way
A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way
by Johnny Corbett » Fri Oct 10, 2014 10:03 am
Sub 2000' hills included on this walk: Dirrington Great Law, Lamberton Hill, Spartleton
Date walked: 05/10/2014
Time taken: 3.4 hours
Register or Login free to be able to rate and comment on reports (as well as access 1:25000 mapping).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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way
by robertphillips » Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:13 pm
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
by Sgurr » Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:49 pm
Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way
by Johnny Corbett » Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:56 pm
You'll easily manage the other 2 Subs as well down this way when you get round to itrobertphillips wrote: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
by Silverhill » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:00 pm
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
by LeithySuburbs » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:07 pm
Didn't think I'd see these hills on WH... Meikle Says Law is another cracker round there 

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way
by Collaciotach » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:04 pm
Jeezo you will climb anything
Liked the field comment haha ..... good stuff


Liked the field comment haha ..... good stuff
by Norman_Grieve » Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:21 am
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...
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Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way
by dooterbang » Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:00 pm
Another threesome....some stamina mate 

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way
by foggieclimber » Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:31 pm
Useful report thanks as I might do these next month while down in the area. A threesome would be good 

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Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way
by Scotjamie » Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:06 pm
Nice report on my local hills JC. Nice return from Spartleton is via the old herring road
Well done
Well done
Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way
by Fife Flyer » Thu Oct 16, 2014 6:49 pm
Nice one JC, they may feature in my plans over the winter
Thanks for posting

Thanks for posting

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way
by Johnny Corbett » Fri Oct 17, 2014 9:49 am
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 dogSilverhill 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 we did that a few weeks ago, cheers.LeithySuburbs wrote:Didn't think I'd see these hills on WH... Meikle Says Law is another cracker round there
If it gets me a blue balloon i'll climb itCollaciotach wrote:Jeezo you will climb anything![]()
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Liked the field comment haha ..... good stuff

Aye all your trips are epic Norman, you need to slow doon and take it easy sometimesNorman_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...![]()
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Aye i've still got it, even at my agedooterbang wrote:Another threesome....some stamina mate

Thanks, easiest threesome i've ever hadfoggieclimber wrote:Useful report thanks as I might do these next month while down in the area. A threesome would be good

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.Scotjamie wrote:Nice report on my local hills JC. Nice return from Spartleton is via the old herring road
Well done

Thanks, theses will make nice walks in the snow i'd imagine. Good luck and i'll watch out for the report.Fife Flyer wrote:Nice one JC, they may feature in my plans over the winter![]()
Thanks for posting

Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way
by Norman_Grieve » Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:33 pm
Aye all your trips are epic Norman, you need to slow doon and take it easy sometimes [/quote]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...![]()
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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....
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Re: A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way
by Norman_Grieve » Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:18 pm
Johnny Corbett wrote:Aye all your trips are epic Norman, you need to slow doon and take it easy sometimesNorman_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...![]()
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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...

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