This is a replacement cache for the original Turnhouse Top cache which had 240 finds over 15 years before it was archived. It is the first cache in a multi-cache which has been popular since it was placed in 2009 by my son. He has now flown the nest so its up to me - Dad - to keep this and the other caches in the Pentlands alive. I am keeping the original description to bring back fond memories of family geocaching exploits!
The location has been changed slightly from the original, as that location could be seen from the top and was more at risk of being muggled. The new location is just east of the top, and out of view, so should be more secure. Please replace the rocks to ensure the cache is well hidden.
This is the first cache in the Pentland Ridge series placed by our family of geocachers - Liathach, apple crumble and tip top. This is a classic walk for those of us lucky enough to live in Edinburgh.
The Pentlands are a glorious set of hills - they start within 8 km of the city centre and continue for 10 km in a south westerly orientation, and there are 14 distinct hills between 406 and 579m high. This ridge walk takes in 6 tops (Turnhouse to West Kip) all over 500m involving a 16km round trip with 900m of ascent - about 3000ft!!! We have often done this walk, or parts of it, as a family and we thought it would be fun to have a series of caches on each top.
There has been a cache on Scald Law for some time, and I placed a cache on Carnethy last year; we have now placed caches on the remaining 4 tops to give a fantastic walk, which, depending on your fitness, energy and whether you want to take a picnic, will take between 4 and 6 hours. We recommend doing to walk from north to south - you get all the climbing done first, enjoy the views along the ridge soutwards, and can get blown back along the glen.
We hope you enjoy the walk - and the caching. As this cache is part of the Pentland Ridge Multi-cache (GC1N7AT), dont forget to look on the underside of the box for the numbers for part of the final co-ordinates for the final cache.