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Dave Henniker Pentland Hills
Carlops, Carnethy Hill, Castlelaw
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Carlops 5 1152 x 864 211K |
The A702 road descends into Carlops and crosses the River North Esk. |
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Carlops 7 1152 x 864 201K |
Looking across Hollow Haugh towards Dun Kaim, Seven Cauldrons, Peaked Craig and Hell's Hole. |
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Carlops 8 1152 x 864 223K |
The most noticeable landmark as you pass through the village of Carlops is this crag overlooking the main road. Legend has is that witches used to take off from the top of the cliff. |
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Carnethy 1 1152 x 864 274K |
The footpath to Carnethy Hill from Scald Law, the flat-topped hill in the previous picture. You can see the pink surface of the exposed rock on the path. Scald Law is 579M whereas Carnethy Hill is 573M above sea level. |
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Carnethy 2 1152 x 864 272K |
Also taken from the summit of Scald Law but zoomed in to show more detail of the footpath further away, as well as some walkers. Hazy sunshine and a slight haar from the North Sea characterise this sequence of images. |
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Carnethy 3 1152 x 864 282K |
On the rock-strewn summit of Carnethy Hill, looking down towards Turnhouse Hill (506M). |
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Carnethy Summit 2005 751 x 1024 272K |
There are several of such stone craters up here. How long the stones have been arranged in this way is unclear. These can be comfortable places to rest a while, dry and contoured and sheltered from the wind. The summit cairn lies a few metres beyond this crater. |
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Castlelaw 1024 x 768 168K |
The foreground is near the top of Howden Glen, between Allermuir and Capelaw Hills. The view is south towards Castlelaw. |
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Castlelaw Path 525 x 768 131K |
A summer view facing north towards Capelaw Hill from Fala Knowe near Castlelaw. This path is sometimes used by the army. |
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Carnethy hill as seen from the ascent of Scald Law. Also in larger size 1920 x 1080 suitable for widescreen wallpaper. | |
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Early May 2011. We decided to walk up Carnethy starting from Kirk Road beside the A702 road not far from Silverburn. We'd seen the signpost on a previous visit. The following images are more or less in sequence although taken with 3 different cameras. | |
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The south east slopes of Carnethy are quite steep and there are no obvious paths. A red quad bike is on the skyline, presumably a farmer checking on lambs and ewes. | |
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The path leads up towards Fala Knowe, a low hill near the A702 main road. | |
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The red quad bike continues on its way down the hill. | |
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At the top of the path seen in Carnethy path 7 above is this helpful sign pointing back towards Kirk Road. Beyond this point the paths are little more than sheep trails. | |
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Looking back towards the sign and the stile in the previous picture. | |
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Carnethy slopes up to the left. We hoped to find a path leading up the saddle between it and Turnhouse Hill... | |
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A little further on we came to this faint crossroads of two paths and decided to turn left up the steeper path because we thought we saw a better path higher up. | |
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Looking south towards the A702. The wooded area is the valley of the North Esk, beyond which is Auchencorth Moss which was threatened with a wind farm which would have ruined a view made famous by Sir Walter Scott. | |
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Higher up on Carnethy's slopes there are only traces of paths and it's hard work avoiding the heather and the scree. The path on Turnhouse Hill's south west slope comes into view. | |
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A long lens view to the Esk Valley with Auchencorth Moss beyond. | |
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The village of Silverburn. | |
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Zoomed in on the start of Kirk Road beside the A702. | |
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The main path up Carnethy's north east slope. This forms part of the path along the entire ridge from Turnhouse (near Flotterstone) to West Kip. | |
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Looking up to the summit. | |
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Looking back down. The path along the ridge is eroded by walkers' boots and new paths form as it gets increasingly difficult to avoid slipping on loose stones. Also, rainwater often follows established paths and walkers avoid the water and mud, creating parallel paths. | |
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A wider view of the scene from slightly higher up. | |
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The same view, panned slightly to the right, as captured in infra red. | |
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Glencorse reservoir looks black down below in this infra red view. Behind Capelaw and Allermuir in the distance the Firth of Forth also appears black. A causeway across the reservoir takes the private road across. More pictures on the Glencorse page. | |
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The cairn at the the summit. South Black Hill and Scaldlaw form the background. | |
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A wider view. More information from www.pieta-research.org/ClipPDF/YCarnethy.pdf | |
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There are craters in this enormous pile of rocks, ideal for sheltering in for a picnic. | |
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Summit snapper snapped in infra red. | |
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The path leading down Carnethy's south west slope is less steep and affords fine views to Scaldlaw and East and West Kip. | |
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Zoomed in on Silverburn village again. | |
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Down below to the north west is Loganlea reservoir. | |
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Zoomed in on the dam and its overflow. | |
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Looking down to Glencorse reservoir. Beyond the conifer plantation is the path to Maiden's Cleugh and Phantom's Cleugh. (The path splits behind the plantation's leftmost end.) | |
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Black Hill's burnt heather patches are indeed quite black. Down below is a little building which caters to the fishermen who come to Loganlea reservoir. | |
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Zoomed in on the fishermen's hut and the tiny harbour for the electrically powered boats. | |
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This view of the path up Scald Law also shows part of Kirk Road coming up from the left. |
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