9 October 2023
Where: Birniehill, 262m/863', P 54m, Tump, OS 58, NO 125083
I had aimed to get my Tump total up to 1,600 before my partner, Steven, went on holiday; a totally arbitrary objective! It had seemed to be an age getting through the 1,590's and I had one to go before 12 October. So it was back to the wee hills above Milnathort for Birniehill, another pasture Tump.
I parked in an old quarry and followed the fields up. The high point was in an area of rushes. That's Tumping for you!
2 October 2023
Where: Moonzie Hill, 138m/453', P 37m, Tump, OS 59, NO 337 176, Tay Mount, 189m/620', P 42m, Tump, OS 59, NO 348 224, and Temple Hill, 283m/928', P 38m, Tump, OS 58, NO 107 096
A breezy day but mainly dry for another visit to north-east Fife. Moonzie Hill was first on the agenda and was almost a drive up. It is crowned by Moonzie Kirk which went out of ecclesiastical use in the 1970's but which still has a well tended graveyard. I parked at the farm just short of the church and walked up the track to it. The high point of the hill is in a field at the back of the church and was accessed by a side gate in the graveyard. Best of the views was to the Marilyn, Mount Hill.....
I then drove a short distance north to Tay Mount where there was a convenient parking spot just inside a field gateway. I walked along the side of the field and found a rough path through a wood which led to a style over a barbed wire fence into another field which contained the high point of the hill. There was a trig which was almost but not quite at the high point.
Heading for home, I remembered as I approached Milnathort that I had not yet bagged Temple Hill; a herd of cows had taken possession of the hill last time I was up this way. So I decided to take a look and drove to and parked in a car park for off road driving participants. The hill had sheep in it today so that was a good decision. It was the best viewpoint of the day particularly looking south to the Lomond Hills from the grass covered cairn.....
Another 3 Fife Tumps bagged!
