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Old 15-02-2009, 07:04 PM
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Re: Southern Scotland - The Awful Hand

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Originally Posted by The Woodman View Post
Why "The Awful Hand" mac?
Never heard that expression before or have I missed something?
It is a well used name suggested by certain views of the range from the west, when the ridges of the four main hills appear as fingers and Benyellary - a subsidiary top of the Merrick - supplies the thumb

"Southern Uplands" - Scottish Mountaineering Trust 1972

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