Marilyns

Quoted message said:

Yeah, as far as I can tell three near compleaters, the
Bowkers and Blanco [1], though deep in my mind lurks a
thought that it isn't Blanco but somebody else...

[1] TAC speak for Alan White who is responsible for RHB.

Alan Dawson...

Name derived from a brief obsession with bagging empty or
near empty 1km grid squares off theOS 1:50k maps.

The current "league table" is here:

staclee.freeserve.co.ukmarilOpen ↗
ynhalloffam.htm

Richard Webb

Martin Richardson said:

In message <[email hidden]>, Craven
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Blimey! After reading the Marilyn Hall of Fame. I suppose
600 minimum, I can become a member! Problem is remembering
which Marilyns, I've done over the years ;-)

600 is not as easy as you think. It means a lot of Scottish
Highlands outwith the Munros and Corbetts - and/or a
dedication to everything in Wales - and I mean everything -
with barbed wire fences, wind farms and bulls in fields

Met the lot.. In Wales!

Richard Webb

RJ Webb said:

Quoted message said:

Yeah, as far as I can tell three near compleaters, the
Bowkers and Blanco [1], though deep in my mind lurks a
thought that it isn't Blanco but somebody else...

[1] TAC speak for Alan White who is responsible for RHB.

Alan Dawson...

Damn! I thought I'd got away with that. I realised my
mistake about five minutes after. To many Alans.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the
"Westminster Gasworks"
95/284 5/219 c.100/300 (>900m with drop>100m )

Craven said:

Martin Richardson said:

In message <[email hidden]>, Craven
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Blimey! After reading the Marilyn Hall of Fame. I
suppose 600 minimum, I can become a member! Problem is
remembering which Marilyns, I've done over the years ;-)

600 is not as easy as you think. It means a lot of
Scottish Highlands outwith the Munros and Corbetts -
and/or a dedication to everything in Wales - and I mean
everything - with barbed wire fences, wind farms and
bulls in fields .

I still think, I've got at least 600 under my belt ;-)
no problem.

With a Munro round, a lot of Welsh hills and half the
Corbetts and Donalds, I was still in the 400s when I got The
Book.. There are very few of the beasts south of the border.

176 in England and 156 in Wales ish - one on the border
and shared.

Richard Webb

Craven said:

Roger said:

The message <[email hidden]> from "Craven"
<[email hidden]> contains these words:

Quoted message said:

Blimey! After reading the Marilyn Hall of Fame. I
suppose 600 minimum, I can become a member! Problem is
remembering which Marilyns, I've done over the years ;-)

Are you sure?

I thought when I first heard of the HoF that I would have
a respectable total but found at that time less than 300
to my name. Most Marilyns are in Scotland but even the
Munros only account for some 205 and Marylyns are pretty
thin on the ground in England and Wales. Munros plus
England and Wales complete is not enough so I don't stand
any chance of getting there even if my current knee
trouble does go into remission. :-(

I'll get back to you on my total in a week! :-0 205 to
start with then. Any tops classed as Marylins? Corbetts to
check how many. And the rest etc, etc.

Not any more.. they have all been promoted to full
munroship. All Corbetts are Marilyns as are all Grahams...

A full Munro round and corbett round gets you well on the
way, and there are plenty of wee hills that you will have
done as well

600 is still a big score and takes time though.

Richard Webb

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

600 is not as easy as you think. It means a lot of
Scottish Highlands outwith the Munros and Corbetts -
and/or a dedication to everything in Wales - and I mean
everything - with barbed wire fences, wind farms and
bulls in fields

Met the lot.. In Wales!

You could have moved them out of the way for me!

The bull moved :-)

Richard Webb

Bernie Hughes said:

Roger said:

Corbett numbers almost match. AFAIK the only difference
is the equal height pair of Gairbeinn and Corrieyairack
Hill which count as one Marilyn

That's still the case

Bernie

Corrieyairack is 892 the ambiguity is now Buidhe bheinn and
sgurr Bhac Caolais.

Many more pairs down the list...

Richard Webb 1075