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"From Mounthooly, during a stay in a cottage in the College Valley, with parking pass. A round of the border hills on the west side of the upper College Valley - Birnie Bray; The Schil; Black Hag; and an incursion into Scotland for The Curr and Blackdean Curr. Return by the RoW above the Fleehope Burn to Mounthooly. Solo. Warm & sunny at first, but clouding later with rain threatening, but not arriving. Fierce gusty SW wind." — marktrengove2 • Jun 13, 2021
"A sunny breezy day in the Cheviot hills. We went to the College valley, a long beautiful valley with many hills on each side that winds its way into the centre of the Cheviot Hills. The area is steeped in history, with many of the hills having the remains of iron age hill forts on the summits, which pre date the Roman occuption of Britain 2000yrs ago. Today we were intending climbing several of these small peaks, many of which do not feature in Peakery, with the goal being the remote peak - The Schil. We set off from Hethpool, climbed steeply up along side a woodland, onto the the open hillside to the summit of Great Hetha. There is a ring of stones around the summit, which are part of the remains of the hill fort. From here we dropped SW down to a remote farm at Trowupburn, where there was a very large bull blocking the way through a gate. From here, we we climbed steeply up to Loft Hill 416m, but the ascent route had been blocked by new forest plantation and a 7ft high deer fence. After a detour we regained our route and crossed through the forest, back onto open hillside and up to Saughieside Hill, 478m. We dropped to a small stream, where we had a late snack, then climbing agai..." — davidlong • Jun 19, 2012