Midlothian Triplets Traditional Cache
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Karen
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The Midlothian Triplets – this name has been devised for geocaching. These mounds look too even, too neat to be left by an ancient glacier. But what are they? One local rumour, for which I have no evidence, is that the drovers’ road over the Moorfoot Hills to the east was used in the 18th and 19th centuries for smuggling brandy past the clutches of the excise men. If so, it had to be hidden somewhere – a mound at the base of the hill, perhaps?
Directions: Parking in the Lay-by at Gladhouse Reservoir; take the road towards the hills to the gate just beyond the T junction less than a mile. . The green signpost marks the public footpath to Heriot Blackhope. This is a sheep farm and from April onwards there may be sheep with lambs. Please do not disturb them, dogs on leads please. You may see cows – but because it is a public footpath – no bulls.
The path is obvious but uneven and muddy in places; continue to the next gate. After the second gate the route is still clear as it was the route used by tree felling equipment in 2008 – there are two areas to the east which can be seen from a distance. As the triplets come into view, all you have to do is decide which one to climb.
From March to July there is the sound of the curlew, lapwing, oyster catcher and skylark
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