The surveyors on Sail Chalmadale

It’s promotion and relegation time again. We’re not talking about overpaid Premiership footballers, but the venerable hills of the British Isles and their place in the numerous status tables.

A trio of amateur surveyors has been out and about taking a close look at some of the hills in secret locations in Britain. The three, John Barnard, Graham Jackson and Myrddyn Phillips, are playing their cards close to their chests, but they may have a surprise up their sleeves.

The men, renowned for previously elevating a hill in Wales to mountain status, and discovering a new marilyn on Arran, have been lugging their highly accurate GPS equipment about the country to check the heights of some high ground that may or may not be what we previously thought.

The list of hill categories can be mind-bogglingly complicated, with the Scottish munros lording it over their lowlier cousins. Mountain lovers and hillwalkers have, for some time, had an eye on peaks close to the boundaries and the trio of height sleuths are known to be concentrating on hills that might be wrongly categorised.

The crew of Leica-bearing walkers has promised to let grough know as soon as they have news, so get your height tables out and keep checking our website to be first with the news.