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"Yearning Law was the last and smallest peak that we walked up on days walking in the Cheviot Hills, on the England / Scotland border. A cool cloudy day, with some patches of blue sky. We started the walk near Blindburn in the Coquet valley, on a good track along the "Buckham's Walls" Burn and then up onto the Border ridge about 1km west of Lamb Hill. These hills are quiet and unfrequented and although this path forms the Border ridge path between England and Scotland, and is also part of the Pennine Way, there are few other walkers there. We had lunch in the Mountain Refuge Hut on the ridge, then went up Lamb Hill. The visitor book in the mountain refuge hut confirmed that one person had stayed there overnight whilst walking the Pennine way and was the only person there for the last 2 weeks. We then walked along the border path and climbed the fence into Scotland and headed down the slope to a col and then up onto Callaw Cairn. Here the sun was trying to break through the cloud and we had some views. Then it was back onto the the Border ridge, where my companion wanted to walk onto Beefstand Hill, 1km to the NE. Here we saw the wild goats,which I had seen a few days earlier. From ..." — davidlong • Mar 2, 2012
"Otterburn was always that place you never wanted to go when on military exercise. It was always wet !! The area is beautiful though, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to see it, even though I was cold, wet and tired most of the time. Most of the hills in the UK I have summited, have been due to military training. Live firing ranges, signals excercise's or playing enemy for guys on courses or simulating fire fights and setting up ambushes. All great times in great areas." — HikingViking • May 10, 2004