Dunrod Hill

5 October 2018

 

Participants: Neil and Ben

Where: Dunrod Hill, 298m/978', P 81m, TuMP, OS 63, NS 240 726

 

Back to Clyde Muirshiel Country Park, but to the much nicer western part. The hills here are much nicer than the swampy variety further east and there is a good network of lochs and reservoirs. This is a view of Dunrod Hill across Loch Thom.....

 

 

I drove to Cornalees Bridge Information Centre where there is a big car park; the path to Dunrod Hill starts from the top of that. There was a style over the fence and I had wondered if Ben would manage to get over that but he was fine. The path up the hill gave me a choice, a very steep straight up or a zig-zag across the hillside, I chose the latter. Ben on the way up.....

 

 

There were sheep about so Ben was on his lead part of the time. Dunrod Hill is twin topped with only 1m of difference between the tops; we went to the higher top first, the one with the trig, The masts in the background are on Scroggy Bank, another TuMP which I plan to do from its north side.....

 

 

It was a fine viewpoint, Arran to the west, the hills of the Southern Highlands across the Clyde.....

 

 

 

We returned the same way but visited the minor top on the way. Ben at the cairn and being careful to keep me in sight.....

 

 

 

There is a fine view of the reservoirs from here.....

 

 

and to complete the day, I drove round the reservoirs, stopping a few times on the way. A very nice trip.