Theo smiles slyly at the suggestion of climbing the hill. "We have time. Let's take a look, eh?" Theo drops his pack in the mine entrance, and dons his hunter's cloak. He urges others to do the same. "we might be exposed on the ridge up there, so let's go lightly for our first trip up there."
Once everyone has had the chance to drop their extra gear and put on their cloaks, Theo points up the hill through the trees. "Probably a ten minute walk up there." Theo takes the lead, and you all trudge upwards, the hill is rather steep, and is covered in small trees and brush, so it's slow going, but the cover is excellent. After about 10 minutes, you get to the top of the ridge. The scrub brush is thinner here, but still plenty of places to hide. Theo points to a small copse of trees, and says "Let's go there." You all make your way to the trees, Theo urges everyone to be hasty as you are all silhouetted against the hilltop. Conveniently, the stand of trees is spaced widely enough to allow room to sit and observe, but there is plenty of leafy cover. You get settled and look out on a wide valley, hilly but covered in patchy groves of trees and bushes. Theo points to a large hill about a mile and a half to two miles away and says "There it is." The hilltop he points to is large and flat at the top, and you can clearly see a sizable footprint of some ruins on the top.
You stare at the hilltop for a few minutes, but see nothing moving among the ruins. The sun starts to get low in the sky, and Theo says "well, it's been a long day, let's eat and get some sleep and then we can investigate more in the morning."
Theo looks to each of you as he starts to get up for the descent.