Participants: Neil and Ben
Where: Deuchny Hill, 233m/764', P 61, TuMP, OS 53/58, NO 153 237
Another hot day but this was only a short walk. I parked in the Jubilee car park above Perth and followed tracks and then a rough path that was also part of a MB trail. This is a forested hill but the summit area is clear. A view of the hill from the east.....
View over Perth to Stuc a'Chroin and Ben Vorlich....
Murrayshall Hill with monument in the distance.....
Everything was very dry but Ben sniffed out a pond on the way down.....
No sign of the good weather ending, but it's a bit hot for me!
16 July 2018
Participants: Neil and Ben
Where: Earl's Hill (Campsie Fells), 441m/1,447', P43m, TuMP, OS 57, NS 719 884
There was a little bit of rain yesterday and today was less hot with a nice breeze. I decided on a short journey today to climb one of the northernmost hills in the Campsie's- Earl's Hill. It is easily recognisable by the number of masts and buildings on top; the upside is that this means that there is a track up. I parked in the entrance to the track, there was a gate but no fence so it was easy access for ben on to the hill. There were sheep though so he stayed on his lead. The view was reasonable but generally the hill was not memorable. On the track up.....
The view north over Earlsburn reservoirs to the distant hills of the southern Highlands.....
The Ochil Hills.....
19 July 2018
Participants: Neil and Ben
Where: Tom Dubh, 359m/1,178', P 44m, TuMP, OS 57, NN 649099: Keir Hill, 60m/197', P39m, TuMP, NS 595 983
It was going to be another warm day so I set off early. I had noticed Tom Dubh when I climbed Callander Crags a few weeks previously and it looked as though it would be a fine short walk. I left the car at the parking area just before a gate on the minor road to Braeleny just north of Callander. This is the road we took when approaching Stuc a'Chroin from the south. A forestry track went east from the parking spot and passed very close to the summit of the TuMP. Here is Ben on the track with Stuc a'Chroin in the background......
It was an uneventful walk, apart that is from Ben being sick when on the hill. I therefore decided not to continue on and take in a second TuMP a couple of miles further along the track but to head back. Fortunately, he was OK for the rest of the day. Some photos. Looking towards Callander Crags (Foreground centre).....
Ben at summit with Stuc a'Chroin and Ben Vorlich background.....
Uamh Bheag (Graham) distant, the hill to its left is the one that I might have done.....
Ben Ledi.....
Campsie Fells in the distance.....
I took the Lake of Menteith road home. The road on the east side of the Lake runs very close to Keir Hill so I stopped to bag it. This photo says it all.....
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