16 September 2022
Participants: Just me
Where: Benarty Hill, 356m/1,168', P228m, Marilyn, OS 58, NT 153 978 and Mulla Craig, 327m/1,073', P 33m, Tump, OS 58, NT 142 977
This was my 5th visit to Benarty Hill, which sits above the south shores of Loch Leven in Fife, but the first time that I had extended the walk to its western top, Mulla Craig, which has Tump status. I parked in the usual spot to the south of the hill from where the hill path is signposted. The path was much improved from the last time that I was here; work was still going on laying stone steps at the steepest points. The view soon opens out, this is looking south over Lochore Country Park to the distant Pentland Hills.....
The trig on Benarty Hill soon comes into view.....
It is a good viewpoint. A few steps past the trig brings you to the edge of the steep northern slopes and a view of Loch Leven and Bishop Hill.....
Looking west the eye is drawn along Castle Craig ridge to the Ochil Hills.....
The bagging part of the trip was of course Mulla Craig, reached by traversing Castle Craig which was surprisingly narrow although there was a clear and well used path.....
Looking back at Benarty Hill from Castle Craig.....
Mulla Craig turned out to be a bit of a grassy lump with, of course, some ups and downs to get there.....
It was, if anything, a better viewpoint than Benarty Hill. The Ochil Hills and then Loch Leven and Bishop Hill.....
It is well worth doing the ridge walk. Excellent hills, on the to do again list.
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