Another hill walk ....

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Posts: 589

Last month the g/f's father and myself went for a hill walk up the pentland hills in Edinbrugh, was a lovely day for it and we even left at the end of the day with a tan Cool

A view of the 3 peaks , from right to left ..Turnhouse mill, Carnethy hill 573m and Scald law 579m

The trail at the start

Leaving Carnethy Hill and heading towards Scald law

A view of Loganlea Reservoir with the Black Hill 498m to the right, iv done alot of map reading lessons with the Army up these hills, usually with a heavy pack on my back and timed, i remember when i was 24yrs old racing my mate to the top of Carnethy hill on a timed map reading lesson ....good stuff lol

Climbing up one of the peaks

At the top of Scald Law 579m, with Carnethy hill in the background

A well needed lunch

At the bottom and a few km's walk back to the car, thats Loganlea Reservoir with the hill to the right

A nice little spot ....well 3 soldiers who where on there way back from the bank with the payroll where held at gunpoint in 1984ish in there land rover by another soldier (Royal Scots) where he took them to this spot, he forced one of the soldiers to shoot dead 2 of the soldiers and drag their bodies round the back, then after he'd made him do that he shot the 3rd soldier, the blood was all over the snow when the bodies where found, the soldier was caught (i know the officer that sussed him out) and he got life, but the money, believed to be 20kish was never found, it believed that the money is buried in the very hills we walked over, poeple came for miles with spades to try and find it but they never did.

Glencourse Reservior

Back at the car at last, a cracking day out.

Site Subscriber Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 2929

nice one Roddy.

I Like the pics.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

Looks gorgeous! Really is about time to get out myself!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

cannae mind his name but the other soldier who done that about 10 or so years back buried the money in the fenwick moors. Still not recovered and its abotu 140k.

Apparently he just looked evil according to a prison officer I know, look into his eyes and there nothing there etc.

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

lets go there then, with some spades etc.

if i find 140k, i shall be a happy bunny,

mind you, its prolly all rotten now Sad