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| Name: | Lightning Hill |
| Hill number: | 5119 |
| Height: | 487m / 1598ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 1906 Cauldcleuch Head |
| RHB Section: | 28B: The River Tweed to the English Border |
| County/UA: | Scottish Borders |
| Catchment: | Tweed |
| Class: | Tump (400-499m), Subhump, Yeaman (Tu,4,sHu,Y) |
| Grid ref: | NT 41536 01570 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: tussock grass |
| Drop: | 98m |
| Col: | 389m NT422014  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 79 (1:25k) 331 |
| Survey: | Abney level |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 35 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From Linhope layby, through Linhope farm then straight up Lightning Hill. Followed the fence to Wether Law, Millstone Edge then to Cauldcleuch Head. Back to Millstone Edge then Tudhope Hill, Carlin Tooth, Bye Hill and Dod Hill. Back down to Linhope using the same descent as Smocks & Denim. Just shy of 12 miles, frozen ground made the going a lot easier | Gary Heath | 19/01/2024 |
| See route foe Tudhope Hill. | smocks and denims | 18/01/2023 |
| A round of the Linhope valley. With B,B and R. | jenx | 12/01/2022 |
| Parked in layby by entrance to Linhope for nice circuit of 7 summits. 1/7. | PGCE | 12/03/2021 |
| Parking on wide grass verge W side A7, through Lindhope Farm, along valley floor for ~1.4km, straight up onto Wether Law. Followed forest edge down to col then up onto here and a steep descent to Linhope for a short 6k round. | jonglew | 01/09/2020 |
| From big layby on A7 just N of Linhope. Through farmyard and track to just past trees then straight up. Then Wether Law, Millstone Edge, Tudhope, Litte Tudhope, Carlin Tooth. Mostly foggy and soggy. | Aye Jimmy | 04/12/2018 |
| From Layby just N of track to Phaup. Track then across stream then track/path to pass S of Meg. Track/trods to LH. Back down and up MH then down to track. Like a summer's day 22C at the bottom! | chrisbien | 10/10/2018 |
| From Linhope. Farmer OK about walking through his yard/ curtilage. | Martin R | 08/03/2017 |
| Tussocky flat top and the Abney level pretty well proved this!Dry and clearing weather, but still had lunch in the trees before ascending Wether law. | Denise | 05/02/2017 |
| Up grassy NW slope on a circuit of the Phaup valley. Cloud just off summits, light rain. | RichardM | 05/02/2017 |
| round of dod hill,bye hill, carlin tooth, tudhope hill, millstone edge, skelfhill pen, wether law,lightning hill, ACW from linhope. | robertphillips | 28/02/2016 |
| Lay-by parking a few yards north of Linhope. Up south west ridge and down to Elygrain onto Dod Fell. | Campbell Singer | 24/11/2015 |
| Lightning Hill - Wether Law - Millstone Edge - Tudhope Hill - Carlin Tooth - Bye Hill - Dod Hill. Pleasant horseshoe walk from Linhope along grassy ridge. | RobertP | 04/10/2015 |
| From Mosspaul via Ellson Fell & Tudhope Hill | agentmancuso | 03/06/2012 |
| Revisit date. First date not recorded. | RHW | 18/09/2011 |
| Tom Mundell | 07/10/2018 | |
| Rambling Ray | 26/05/2018 | |
| AndyS | 23/12/2017 | |
| bjewing | 03/06/2017 | |
| Dave Geere | 08/03/2017 | |
| carole engel | 26/07/2016 | |
| Alan Whatley | 24/11/2015 | |
| irobbo | 25/09/2015 | |
| iaindbrown | 22/02/2014 | |
| mae | 04/09/2013 | |
| jimbloomer | 04/09/2013 | |
| chalky1953 | 24/07/2013 | |
| Kiltie | 19/07/2013 | |
| Alan Moore | 18/12/2012 | |
| Anton | 16/10/2011 | |
| Colin Crawford | 13/09/2010 | |
| Andrew Simmons | 14/12/2009 | |
| GordonAdshead | 00/07/2009 | |
| maknipe | 17/03/2009 | |
| Sherlock | 06/05/2006 |