Participants - Neil and Ben
Where - Brimmond Hill, 266m/874', Sub-2k Marilyn, Map 38, NJ 856091
It was a bit of a change for Ben's morning walk- at home its along the pavements to the newsagents but today it was up Brimmond Hill on the outskirts of Aberdeen before we headed back down the road. There was a bit more cloud than on the previous two days, it was breezy and the forecast was for rain later but the visibility remained good. On the previous occasion that I climbed this hill I approached by a path from the west so today I drove round to the car park to the north. This must be one of the easiest of the Marilyns in Scotland, there is even a tarmac track up.....
So it didn't take long before I was approaching the summit, which was actually a bit of a mess with various radio masts and an untidy cairn with a flagpole stuck in it.....
The weather was much better when I was last up here in July 2009 so I am posting a couple of photographs that I took then; firstly a view to the city and then a view across rural Aberdeenshire to Bennachie.....
These were taken at a virtually identical date and it was really noticeable how far behind the growth in the fields was today, presumably due to the lack of sunshine in recent weeks. Anyway, that was the short break over and I drove home via the Cairn o'Mount road to join the main road at Brechin.
4 comments:
Like the distant view of Aberdeen.
Do you still live in the central belt as you,ve been visiting Aberdeenshire a lot this summer Neil or is that just where the hills left to do are?
Hi Bob. I still live in the central belt but I like visiting different areas for a day or two and the Aberdeenshire hills are a particular favourite. There are lots of individual hills there with wide spacious views. Also the weather tends to be better than in the west, a major consideration!
This hill has a bad reputation on hillwalking forums because of the amount of dog poo on the path up. You don't seem to have has any problem. This is in no way meant to be an anti-dog comment, especially your lovely dog.
Hi Russell,
This is obviously a dog walkers hill but there was no evidence of a poo problem on this visit.
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