Lewis Hill and Middlethird Hill

31 October 2019

Participants: Just me.

Where: Lewis Hill, 266m/873', P 74m, Tump, OS 57, NS 760 888 and Middlethird Hill, 230m/755', P 41m, Tump, OS 57, NS 763 896

 

The good weather continued, we had had a walk alongside Loch Katrine the previous day....

 

 

but another day on the hills was necessary, especially as the forecast was saying that this was to be the last day of the good weather . My choice was these two Tumps south of Stirling, along the top of some pretty vertical looking cliffs. For that reason, it was not for excitable spaniels so I went on my own. There was parking for a number of cars on the unclassified road south of the North Third reservoir, right opposite the start of the path. Here is a view of Lewis Hill with the cliffs from the road..... 

 

 

The colours of the trees were of course brilliant and it was a very pleasant walk up through them.....

 

 

 Looking down on the reservoir, approaching the highest point of Lewis Hill, and the trig.....

 

 

Another view down to the reservoir, looking due west to Earl's Hill in the Campsie Fells, and over the reservoir dam to the familiar peaks of Ben Ledi, Stuc a'Chroin and Ben Vorlich.....

 

 

The path now hugged the edge of the cliffs before heading steeply down to a col before Middlethird Hill which was much more heavily wooded.....

 

 

Towards the high point it again passed very close to the cliff edge. There was no trig on this hill to mark the high point; it was probably a knoll close to the cliff edge or it could have been somewhere in a cleared area to the east of the path.....

 

 

Whichever, I was bound to have visited it. I then went back to the col between the two hills from where I could have followed a path across the dam wall and back along the shore of the reservoir but instead I opted to see the views from Lewis Hill again.