Participants: Just me
Where: Dalmahoy Hill, 246m/807', P 38m, Tump, OS 65, NT 135 669; Ravelrig Hill, 218m/714', P 33m, Tump, OS 65, NT 150 668; and Ratho Hill, 117m/384', P 35m, Tump, OS 65, NT 132 710.
It certainly wasn't a typical Scottish August day- it was dry, warm but not hot and the visibility was crystal clear. I am avoiding the highland hills until the crowds go so it was another central belt trip today, back to my old stomping ground around Balerno.
Ravelrig Hill is one of the newly discovered Tumps. It is a short walk from the main Lanark road and I managed to park in a gated entrance immediately opposite the start of a signed path to Kirknewton, now much overgrown. If it had been a longer walk I would have had to have parked in the village and braved the busy road. The side of the hill to the north is quarried out but fortunately that can't be seen using this approach. And the high point is outwith some extensive and thick gorse. Some photos.
The Pentland Hills from the approach and from the summit.....
The view to East Cairn Hill.....
Looking west from the summit to Kaimes Hill and Dalmahoy Hill.....
Edinburgh from the summit.....
I then drove to Ratho and parked in a new housing estate close to the church. The way to Ratho Hill followed a lane up the side of the church hall, into a field at a gate on the left (cows but no bother), and up the field alongside a wooded area. The high point was at a thick fence post overlooking a newish log cabin....
I came back through the wood, there were only glimpses of the Pentland Hills.....
Those were the two hills that I had intended to do but as my way home passed the start of the route up Dalmahoy Hill I thought "Mmmm, I'm here anyway". What a good decision that was. Dalmahoy Hill turned out to be one of the very best of the lowland Tumps. There was plenty parking at the start of the quarry road. I walked up it and crossed a couple of fields picking up a good footpath which went all the way to the top. There were even some rocky sections. Dalmahoy Hill from the north.....
Approaching the summit.....
Which revealed the huge quarry on Ravelrig Hill.....
View to Edinburgh.....
View to Fife.....
View to East and West Cairn Hills in the Pentlands.....
Trig and Edinburgh.....
Trig and Ochil Hills.....
Trig and The Kips and Scald Law in the Pentlands.....
A really excellent day!
Ravelrig Hill is one of the newly discovered Tumps. It is a short walk from the main Lanark road and I managed to park in a gated entrance immediately opposite the start of a signed path to Kirknewton, now much overgrown. If it had been a longer walk I would have had to have parked in the village and braved the busy road. The side of the hill to the north is quarried out but fortunately that can't be seen using this approach. And the high point is outwith some extensive and thick gorse. Some photos.
The Pentland Hills from the approach and from the summit.....
The view to East Cairn Hill.....
Looking west from the summit to Kaimes Hill and Dalmahoy Hill.....
Edinburgh from the summit.....
I then drove to Ratho and parked in a new housing estate close to the church. The way to Ratho Hill followed a lane up the side of the church hall, into a field at a gate on the left (cows but no bother), and up the field alongside a wooded area. The high point was at a thick fence post overlooking a newish log cabin....
I came back through the wood, there were only glimpses of the Pentland Hills.....
Those were the two hills that I had intended to do but as my way home passed the start of the route up Dalmahoy Hill I thought "Mmmm, I'm here anyway". What a good decision that was. Dalmahoy Hill turned out to be one of the very best of the lowland Tumps. There was plenty parking at the start of the quarry road. I walked up it and crossed a couple of fields picking up a good footpath which went all the way to the top. There were even some rocky sections. Dalmahoy Hill from the north.....
Approaching the summit.....
Which revealed the huge quarry on Ravelrig Hill.....
View to Edinburgh.....
View to Fife.....
View to East and West Cairn Hills in the Pentlands.....
Trig and Edinburgh.....
Trig and Ochil Hills.....
Trig and The Kips and Scald Law in the Pentlands.....
A really excellent day!
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