A 3 Marilyn road trip down East Lothian way

[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.

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.

[robertphillips]

you cant beat a good road trip for some small hills, will look back at this report when going to do these 3.

[Sgurr]

Re Lamberton Hill

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

[Johnny Corbett]

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 Sgurr, yes the cattle were eyeing us up when we got into their field

[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!

[LeithySuburbs]

Didn't think I'd see these hills on WH... Meikle Says Law is another cracker round there

[Collaciotach]

Jeezo you will climb anything

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

[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...

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[dooterbang]

Another threesome....some stamina mate

[foggieclimber]

Useful report thanks as I might do these next month while down in the area. A threesome would be good

[Scotjamie]

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

[Fife Flyer]

Nice one JC, they may feature in my plans over the winter

Thanks for posting

[Johnny Corbett]

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

Didn't think I'd see these hills on WH... Meikle Says Law is another cracker round there

Yeah we did that a few weeks ago, cheers.

Jeezo you will climb anything

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

If it gets me a blue balloon i'll climb it

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

Another threesome....some stamina mate

Aye i've still got it, even at my age

Useful report thanks as I might do these next month while down in the area. A threesome would be good

Thanks, easiest threesome i've ever had

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.

Nice one JC, they may feature in my plans over the winter

Thanks for posting

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

[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...

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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....

[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...

<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=40278</span>

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

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...