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The Ettrick Horseshoe
16 - 18 August 2002

Six of us pitched at the Honey Cottage Caravan site in Ettrick on the Friday night. We had some evening refreshment at the Tushielaw Inn. Luckily we got a lift back to the campsite some time after midnight. On the Saturday morning it was decided that we should  drive to The Ettrick church.  This was the beginning our walk, walking half a mile along the road to Scabcleuch, continuing north along the Southern Upland Way and then turning south west over Peniestone Knowe.
Paul Butler caught us up just after eleven as we were approaching Mid Hill, having driven up to Ettrick on the Saturday morning. 
On the Saturday the weather was good with some cloud; on Sunday it rained quite hard and any idea of the south hilltops was abandoned.

Bryan Crick, Les Gardner, Terry Coulson, John Ballingall and Ron Haslam at Ettrick Church - Saturday 10.20am

Uphill with a large pack is hard work

Decision time. St Mary's Loch is in the background

On top of Trowgrain Middle, just before the lunch stop 

Bryan Crick enjoying the lunch break

Paul Butler  after packing up his tent on the Sunday morning. Two of us had pitched in the forest clearing, not far from Potburn