Marhofn 93.05 - May 2003

Tips for the tops:

Sighty Crag (33, LR80)

David Robinson: There are five things worth knowing before a visit:

• Parking is available at the forest gate east of The Flatts.
• The forest is easily penetrated from the downhill hairpin on the forest track, through a ride between trees to the forest fence.
• If the forest fence is followed uphill to the hurdle gateway, the summit lies due east.
• A fence, not shown on Outdoor Leisure map 42, runs roughly north-south past the trig point.
• There is an almost rain-proof and wind-proof shelter at the east end of the summit rocks.

My visit, in very poor visibility with drizzle at times, led to the following:

We guys who hills in Blighty bag
Might shy away from Sighty Crag.
It surely is a mighty drag
Enough to make the sprightly flag
When faced with forest, mire and hag
Shrouded in a whity clag.
But conquer and you'll rightly brag
'I found the top of Sighty Crag!'
Descending is a further fag
And goes to show we're slightly mad.