This is the fifth edition of Marhofn, the Marilyn Hall of Fame newsletter. A Marilyn is a hill of any height with a drop of 150 metres or more on all sides. In other words, a relatively high hill. There are 1552 Marilyns in Britain, and this newsletter is for people who like to climb them, especially people who have climbed 600 or more, and so are eligible for membership of the Marilyn Hall of Fame. The Marilyns are all listed in a book called The Relative Hills of Britain (RHB) by Alan Dawson, published by Cicerone Press in April 1992. Details of subsequent changes to the list of Marilyns have been published in a series of update sheets, most recently in April 2002. Marhofn is distributed free of charge to Hall of Fame members and anyone else interested, although contributions such as stamps and cheques are welcome. Many thanks to everyone who has already assisted - it is very much appreciated.

• Marhof meeting 2003
• RHB update
• Hitting the wall
• Annual reports B-C

     Rowland Bowker
     Bert Barnett
     Leslie Barrie
     Ken Butcher
     Paul Caban
     Peter Collins
     Phil Cooper
     Colin Crawford
     Les Cunningham
• Candidates for change
• SubMarilyns under scrutiny

     Sail Chalmadale (20C, LR69)
     Mynydd Bwlch-y-Groes (32A, LR160)
     Mynydd y Cwm (30C, LR116)
• Foula spirit - Jon Metcalf
• Tips for the tops

     Bainloch Hill (27C, LR84)
     Carn Gorm (12B, LR26)
     Cnoc an t-Sabhail (15B, LR21)
     Sgreadan Hill (19B, LR68)
     Crowborough (42, LR188)
     Blotchnie Fiold (23, LR5/6)
     Mochrum Fell (27C, LR77/84)
     Gyrn Moelfre (30E, LR125)
     Mynydd Enlli (30A, LR123)
     Mynydd Eppynt (32A, LR147)
     Bengairn (27C, LR84)
     Upper Park (31A, LR125)
     Sighty Crag (33, LR80)
• Annual reports E-L

     Brian Ewing
     Bill Fairmaner
     Jonathan Groves
     Graham Illing
     Gordon Ingall
     Barbara Jones
     Sue & Trevor Littlewood
• Annual cull - Hamish Brown
• Viticultural bagging down south - Chris Crocker
• Marilyn Hall of Fame 31 December 2002
• Emerging from obscurity

     Peter Bibby
     Mark Smith
     Chris Crocker
     Colin Brash
     Ken Falconer
• Border Lounge

     David Robinson
• Cellar Field

     Mark Trengove
     David Rawden
     Iain Cameron
• Excuse Annex
• Corbett completion on Beinn Lair - Harrold Thomson
• Wee Gems

     Creag Bhan (10D, LR40)
     Beinn Bhan (10D, LR34/41)
     Sgurr Coire Choinnichean (10B, LR33)
     Beinn na h-Uamha (18C, LR49)
     Deadh Choimhead (19A, LR49)
     Chaipaval (24B, LR18)
     Allt yr Esgair (32A, LR161)
• Corridor at last - Chris Watson
• Hall of Shame

     Hill of the Wangie (9A, LR28)
     The Slate (19B, LR68)
     Grayrigg Forest (34C, LR97)
     Cnoc Reamhar (19B, LR55)
     Fell of Fleet (27B, LR77)
     Allt yr Esgair (32A, LR161)
• Strangely strange but oddly normal
• Fourteen Orkneys in ten days - Pete Sellers
• Annual reports M-W

     Roderick Manson
     Helen McLaren
     Ken Stewart
     Andrew Templeton
     Jimmy White
     Alison Wilson
     Peter Wilson
• Bagging with a toddler - Lynda Woods
• Pure evil or purely perfect? - Hamish Brown
• Malvinas Marilynas - Tony Payne
• Irish Marilyns - Peter Wilson
• Manx musings - Andrew Hyams
• Marilyn music quiz
• ... ... Late News ... ... from St Kilda

The next issue of Marhofn is likely to appear around April/May 2004. Hall members and others are encouraged to submit articles, numbers, comments, photos and cash by 31 January 2004.

Post: Alan Dawson, 49 Airthrey Avenue, Glasgow G14 9LY
Email or Paypal: marhofn@staclee.freeserve.co.uk
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A few of the short items in this issue of Marhofn have already appeared on the RHB list and are reproduced here with authors' permission.