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West Cairn Hill

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West Cairn Hill

Balloon litter, Pentland Hills A twentieth birthday somewhere. The "2" balloon deflated and brought down the heart and "0" right in front of me. I tied the two surviving balloons to my pack for amusement on the way out. What is not funny is the litter and the waste of helium. It ends up in space and there is only so much down here on Earth. What there is is thanks to radioactive decay of thorium and uranium - it is spent alpha particles.
Balloon litter, Pentland Hills Credit: Richard Webb

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Balloon litter, Pentland Hills A twentieth birthday somewhere. The "2" balloon deflated and brought down the heart and "0" right in front of me. I tied the two surviving balloons to my pack for amusement on the way out. What is not funny is the litter and the waste of helium. It ends up in space and there is only so much down here on Earth. What there is is thanks to radioactive decay of thorium and uranium - it is spent alpha particles.
Balloon litter, Pentland Hills
A twentieth birthday somewhere. The "2" balloon deflated and brought down the heart and "0" right in front of me. I tied the two surviving balloons to my pack for amusement on the way out. What is not funny is the litter and the waste of helium. It ends up in space and there is only so much down here on Earth. What there is is thanks to radioactive decay of thorium and uranium - it is spent alpha particles.
Moorland, Baddinsgill View towards Muckle Knock.
Moorland, Baddinsgill
View towards Muckle Knock.
Moorland, Baddinsgill View towards Craigengar.
Moorland, Baddinsgill
View towards Craigengar.
West Cairn Hill The south (Baddinsgill side).
West Cairn Hill
The south (Baddinsgill side).
Heather moorland near the Ravendean Burn Viewed from the Thieves' Road, the old drove road that crosses this tract of moorland.
Heather moorland near the Ravendean Burn
Viewed from the Thieves' Road, the old drove road that crosses this tract of moorland.
Lichen-covered outcrop at White Craigs The name 'White Craigs' is certainly appropriate, and made me wonder whether these rocks were colonised by this white lichen when they acquired their name a great many years ago.
Lichen-covered outcrop at White Craigs
The name 'White Craigs' is certainly appropriate, and made me wonder whether these rocks were colonised by this white lichen when they acquired their name a great many years ago.
Rocks at White Craigs The name 'White Craigs' made me wonder whether these rocks were colonised by this white lichen when they acquired their name a great many years ago.
Rocks at White Craigs
The name 'White Craigs' made me wonder whether these rocks were colonised by this white lichen when they acquired their name a great many years ago.
On the eastern spur of West Cairn Hill A shower of rain and hail is passing through.
On the eastern spur of West Cairn Hill
A shower of rain and hail is passing through.
Trig pillar and summit area, West Cairn Hill The sign warns of a live firing range. I couldn't recall this from my last visit here, about seven years ago (although I might've just forgotten), but there has been military training activity in some other parts of the Pentland Hills for a long time.
Trig pillar and summit area, West Cairn Hill
The sign warns of a live firing range. I couldn't recall this from my last visit here, about seven years ago (although I might've just forgotten), but there has been military training activity in some other parts of the Pentland Hills for a long time.
Fence junction on West Cairn Hill A faint rainbow is visible, on a day of sunshine and showers.
Fence junction on West Cairn Hill
A faint rainbow is visible, on a day of sunshine and showers.
Boggy pool on West Cairn Hill A shower of rain and hail is passing through.
Boggy pool on West Cairn Hill
A shower of rain and hail is passing through.
Path near Cauldstane Slap Looking towards Harperrig Reservoir.
Path near Cauldstane Slap
Looking towards Harperrig Reservoir.
West Cairn Hill Above a frozen Harperrig Reservoir.
West Cairn Hill
Above a frozen Harperrig Reservoir.
Rock outcrops in the heather Very much the open heather moorland of the wilder part of the SW area of the Pentland Hills between West Cairn Hill, Byrehope Mount and Craigengar.
Rock outcrops in the heather
Very much the open heather moorland of the wilder part of the SW area of the Pentland Hills between West Cairn Hill, Byrehope Mount and Craigengar.
Boundary fence south of West Cairn Hill The boundary between Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire on the moorland ridge.
Boundary fence south of West Cairn Hill
The boundary between Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire on the moorland ridge.
Gully in the peat near White Craig Hill Starting point of one of the burns in the catchment of the Baddinsgill Burn.
Gully in the peat near White Craig Hill
Starting point of one of the burns in the catchment of the Baddinsgill Burn.
An unnamed burn below Cauldstane Slap One of the headwaters of the Lyne Water, a tributary of the Tweed.
An unnamed burn below Cauldstane Slap
One of the headwaters of the Lyne Water, a tributary of the Tweed.
A Victorian footpath sign, Cauldstane Slap A sign originally put up in the 1880s by the Scottish Rights of Way Society, in the days when pedestrians took the train to West Linton and walked over this route to Midcalder station.
A Victorian footpath sign, Cauldstane Slap
A sign originally put up in the 1880s by the Scottish Rights of Way Society, in the days when pedestrians took the train to West Linton and walked over this route to Midcalder station.
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West Cairn Hill is located at Grid Ref: NT1058 (Lat: 55.810315, Lng: -3.4262318)

Unitary Authority: West Lothian

Police Authority: The Lothians and Scottish Borders

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Located within 500m of 55.810315,-3.4262318
West Cairn Hill
Ele: 562
Natural: peak
Wikidata: Q20850716
Lat/Long: 55.8106154/-3.4258876
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West Cairn Hill
Man Made: survey_point
Ref: S3084
Lat/Long: 55.8105941/-3.4259629
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Natural: rock
Lat/Long: 55.8090578/-3.4272382
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