Had a very pleasant afternoon recce-ing a route that I intend doing on Thursday this week with a group up from London. If this calm weather holds, it'll be really good. Threipmuir reservoir, over West and East Kips and then Scald Law, the highest hill in the Pentlands at 579m. It is a really good vantage point over not only Penicuik, Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth, but also further to the Fife hills and beyond.
The descent takes you past Loganlea reservoir and through a lovely little glen formed in the Devonian volcanic rock by glaciation*, and finally back to Bavelaw castle and the car.
*I remembered at least some of my geology course held here! ;)
The descent takes you past Loganlea reservoir and through a lovely little glen formed in the Devonian volcanic rock by glaciation*, and finally back to Bavelaw castle and the car.
*I remembered at least some of my geology course held here! ;)