The Pentland Hills - A Walker's Guidebook

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September 2011

The height gain and timing of the walks have been ammended as follows:

Walk 8 - Ascent should be 630m instead of 454m. Timing should therefore be 4hrs and 50 mins instead of 4hrs and 30
mins.

Walk 9 - 554m of ascent instead of 484m. Time 4hrs 10mins instead of 4hrs.

Walk 10 - 786m of ascent instead of 457m. Time 5hrs 30mins instead of 5hrs.

Walk 19 - original edition 11km and 265m and 3hrs 10mins has been corrected in the most recent print run to 15km 630m and 4hrs 45mins in reprint.
 

August 2011

Walk 14 - Covenanters and Cairns

Paragraph 5 should now read:

The Covenanter’s Grave can be tricky to locate. From the main track a wooden crossroads sign at NT082515 indicates Crosswood via the Covenanter’s Grave. Ascend up through the heather and grass towards a line of tall wooden sight posts on the brow of the hill.

Paragraph 6 should now read:

From the crossroads sign adjacent to the track, follow the indicator directing you south east to Dolphinton via Garvald. There is a line of guideposts across the heather and in places boggy ground. The path becomes faint and can be difficult to locate but chose a line between the posts. The path follows the burn to your right and you’ll eventually reach another signpost. Go through the gate next to the signpost following the sign to Dolphinton and West Linton. After a few metres go right at the next waymarker and cross a wooden footbridge.

From here follow the waymarkers to Garvald Home Farm. At the signpost follow the indicator to West Linton 4 miles.
Take the track going between two stone pillars. When the track divides, go straight along between another pair of stone pillars with the name Ferniehaugh.
Walk up the track to a small lake and keep heading uphill to the north of a conifer plantation.