And here are the unique features......
First we have a warning about mines, left over from the Korean War, on a rocky wooded slope that was too rough and troublesome to sweep, I suppose. The minefield is fenced off with rusty razor wire, which is hard to see and a greater immediate hazard than the mines themselves The path snaked along beside it and I was very, very careful to keep to the middle.
Another curiosity was this defibrillator, high on a ridge close to the old minefield. Are heart attacks expected here? Do we need one on Esk Hause?
At the bottom were two other machines, of greater immediate use
The first, which should be bought by those pub landlords who'd presently rather go bust than welcome walkers with dirty footwear, uses a powerful blast of compressed air to blow the mud off your boots. Very effective it was too, though I would like to give it a rigorous test with the villainous clay that one finds at the bottom of the South Downs in winter.
The second sprays you with bug repellent. I missed it on the way up, so I can say nothing about its efficacy. It was free in Korea but imagine the fortune to be made by installing one of these, with a picture of a midge, at the start point for every Munro and charging a fiver a blast....