Allermuir Hill, Pentland Hills
16 May 2004
While Lucy and Henry were at a dog show at the Royal Highland Showground just
west of Edinburgh, Stephen and George paid their first visit to a Scottish hill,
selecting the most northerly of the Pentland Hills for a short morning's walk.
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The trig point on the top of Allermuir Hill, looking south towards the rest of
the Pentland Hills
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Edinburgh Castle from the summit of Allermuir Hill (493m above sea level)
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Eleven miles or so away, the Forth Road Bridge and Forth Bridge from the summit
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George from the summit toposcope, behind him Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth
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Arthur's Seat from Allermuir Hill
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From Caerketton Crags, looking across Windy Door Nick back to Allermuir Hill
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George on the cairn on Caerketton Hill, with Arthur's Seat behind him
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Eighteenth Century whitewashed
Cottages in the village of Swanston
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