MARHOFN 133.07 - MAY 2005

HALL OF SHAME: HEATHER TERRORS

Beinn Dearg (1C, LR57)

Don Reid: The heather is pretty long - thank god it's not a million miles from the road - and I had a minor GOML incident due to lambing.

Newtyle Hill (6B, LR52/53)

Jon Metcalf: New candidate for the most-effort-per-metre-of-height for this unspeakable heather jungle monstrosity. Large supplies of napalm recommended for your visit. Closely run in this category by Thorpe Fell Top for exactly the same reason. Murderous going, even downhill. So bad, there might even be an argument for a wind farm access road through it.

Hoove (35A, LR92)

Alan Dawson: Maybe I'd had enough, as it was my fourth of the day, or maybe it was the twilight, or maybe the rain, or maybe the unsatisfying flat non-trig summit, but my memory is of depressing dreariness, with never a chance to walk two paces without looking to see whether my feet were landing in water or damp spongy energy-sapping moss. Just as well it was only 1km from the road, but there must be a better way. No wonder I'd left it till last in region 35.