1963
NT2531 : Dun Rig - the Meal Monday hike of the Edinburgh University Physical Society
taken 63 years ago, near to Dun Rig [Hill or mountain], Scottish Borders, Great Britain
This is 1 of 10 images, with title starting with Dun Rig in this square
Dun Rig - the Meal Monday hike of the Edinburgh University Physical Society
In the Twentieth Century Scottish Universities observed Meal Monday as an academic holiday. Alas this tradition is no more. Meal Monday was the second Monday in February and in olden days students would have a long weekend to replenish their basic food - oatmeal. Edinburgh University's physicists had a tradition of scaling Dun Rig (742m) on Meal Monday having taken the train to Peebles. The train line is no more as well. Here is the group in the snow on the summit itself in 1963.
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- Grid Square
- NT2531, 26 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Julian Paren (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- 11 February 1963 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 13 November, 2023
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
NT 2537 3158 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:34.3287N 3:11.1074W - Camera Location
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OSGB36: NT 2537 3159
- View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
