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    Hillwalking Thread

    in The General Nonsense Forum

    Posted · Edited by Kilt

    In my (much) younger days I used to hill walk in The Cheviot's. My best achievement was a 25 mile climb up Happy Valley (the steep ascent of The Cheviot), across the Horseshoe and up Hedgehope Hill before descending into Langlee Valley, carrying 50 lbs of equipment in my rucksack. What made it more 'interesting' was the 10 ft of ice covered snow we were walking on. There were icicles about a foot long sticking out sideways from the fence posts due to the wind strength. And my mate Phil managed to find the one unfrozen spot on the hill. 'Haw, look, there's some grass' Stands on the one grassy spot in the ice pack and sinks up to his thigh in a hidden burn :lol: You could see from the Solway Firth and across to the North Sea. Magical. :D

    I also went up Goat Fell on Arran a few years back which was 'fun'. Lovely day on the way up but as soon as I reached the summit and peered over I saw a mass of black clouds headed my way. Getting down as quickly as possible, said raincloud burst and I ended up back in Brodick absolutely drookit! :(

    Edit: Brodick from Goat Fell - only it was much wetter when I was there! :(

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