"It's definitely a fossilised hippo"
"It must have been killed as it drank from this trough"
"This one must have got stuck in the mud and starved to death"
Cup marks on Martin's "hippo"
Scotty doesn't buy Martin's hippo theory
Scotty loses his head while investiagting a disturbed cairn.
Carvings on a turf-covered rock.
With the locals taking up a defensive position, the decision was made to seek safety further uphill.
It soon became apparent that our trusty Megaraks were following a line of stones up the hill, prompting speculation on the discovery of the world's largest circle....
Spotting the next stone in this 60-mile diameter circle on the horizon, the Megaraks set off for it.....
....only to find upon reaching it that there was another crest and another boulder.
After walking the circumference of this huge stone circle for a number of miles, the intrepid Megaraks decided to head back down the hill in search of pudding. Then it was off to nearby Monzie for the second leg.
Monzie stone circle
cup-and-ring marks on the outlier
You don't have to be bald to be a Scottish Megarak, but it helps!
By now stomachs were rumbling, so it was back up north to the wonderful Moulin Inn.