Three Brethren Kilted Hill Walk

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The Scotweb 5-yard kilt is described as a lightweight kilt suitable for hill walking, and now that summer has at last arrived I had an opportunity to put it to test for purpose by going up the Three Brethren this morning, before the full heat of the day. The Three Brethren is a 1,500ft. hill between the Tweed and Ettrick Valleys, and can also be reached from the north and west sides via the Southern Upland Way, but I approached it from the south (Selkirk) side by the Corbie Linn trail.

I left the car at Corbie Linn car park on the outskirts of Selkirk, from where I initially followed a dirt road which takes you up as far as an old reservoir.

I passed this waterfall on the way up Corbie Linn.

Now higher up on the open hillside and looking back down the trail.

Made it to the top! The three cairns commemorate the Three Brethren. The hill is so called because the summit was the point where the boundaries of land owned by three brothers met. The white post in the background is an Ordnance Survey Triangulation Point, often found on hilltops and used in mapmaking.

View from the summit, looking towards the Eildon Hills at Melrose, where there was a Roman Fort known as Trimontium.

In my initial excitement at reaching the top, my first self portrait had been taken into sun and I thought I would try for a clearer one from the other side before the camera batteries ran out. Then I went home for lunch.