Soutra Hill
Location: Soutra Hill, Scottish Borders Grid Reference: NT 4593 5908 Height: 377m Classification: Tump Like every other person with a chronic illness, my health is variable. On a good day I can manage a whole mile (occasionally even two), other days I can barely manage 20 or 30 metres. It's on the latter type of day that the drive-by tump really comes into it's own. These are hills with roads running to, or near the summit. Sometimes this will be intentional - there might be a tourist route up to a viewpoint - but sometimes it's just circumstantial. Soutra Hill comes somewhere between the two. It's on the route of a historic road from Edinburgh to the borders, and while the modern A68 skirts to the east and the A7 to the west of the summit, the B6368 to Gilston runs over the top of the hill. The true summit is to the south of Soutra Mains Wood in a large farmers field, about 50 metres from the road. The hillbagger and I on the true summit of Soutra Hill When we visite...