Participants: Neil and Ben
Where: Abbey Craig, 111m/364', Tump, OS 57 NS 809 957
It was quite a pleasant day and I had a few hours to spare so decided to go and have a look at Abbey Craig, not nearly as well known as the Wallace Monument which sits on top of it and overlooks Stirling and the Forth valley. The sun threatened to come out but never did so it was a bit grey and the views were not as striking as they might have been. Hordes of tourists about around the car park and at the monument itself but off the main trail we virtually had the hill to ourselves. We stopped off at a viewpoint for the Ochil Hills but the only one visible through the trees was Dumyat.....
The monument itself was very impressive but I am going to go back on a really clear day when the visibility is pin sharp to climb it.....
The high point of the hill seems to be a spot just a few yards north-east of the building (the green bank behind Ben)......
I could make out Ben Ledi, Stuc a'Chroin and Ben Vorlich to the west but it was hazy.....
So this is one to put on the list for a revisit next winter.
1 comment:
It's a nice hill that and the tower is interesting. Used to be climbing on the crag cliffs before rockfalls closed them off decades ago and the risk to pedestrians and traffic below.
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