Well, this evening a colleague and I decided to take a short drive to the Lomond Hills in Fife (near Glenrothes, about 30 mins north of Edinburgh) for a spot of hill walking... I dont pretend to be any good at hill walking, that is very much Diane's skill. Diane is currently on a 50-day training course in the Purple Mountains in North Carolina with Outward Bound, training to become an Outward Bound instructor... so these two little bumps in the ground we climbed today would be absolutely nothing to her, but as she will certainly enjoy hill climbing I have decided to start getting a little fitter again and see if I can atleast be able to keep up on some of her more gentle strolls!! :lol: Anyway, the summits concerened: West Lomond: East Lomond: We started out with West Lomond, the higher of the two hills at 522m. Looks easy enough... and indeed, it pretty much was even for a completely unskilled walker like myself. Took time for some pics on the way up: Not far past this picture, we decided to veer off the main track and make a dash up the side of the hill for the summit: Fairly easy going this incline and the path, although not the main one, was still pretty well walked: The trig-point in sight: And the view from the top - pity about the cloud cover, but still made it quite atmospheric... And to prove I made it (excuse the pose)... And some pics from on the way back to the car park: The next hill in sight... So, a quick 5 min breather, and then time to go up East Lomond: Alas, the weather was beginning to set in on us by the time we headed off... Looking back on the first hill... Onwards... Then, again, we decided to veer off and make a climb for the summit... despite being the lower of the two hills at 448m, this ascent was the steepest and trickiest... no photoshop here, this was the climb (easy for the experienced, significant for a novice like me!!) But made it to the top... And the view - despite the weather, still worth it! Not bad for an evening stroll...
It is really pretty there Dave. I could go out and take similar pictures of beautiful Southern California, but right now it is about 104F and all you would see is smog and dirt. Great pics and keep on walking. We spend so much time with our heads over cars it is nice for a simple change of pace sometimes.
Gorgeous vehie, I'm curious how long do these hikes take? Oh and does everyone there own a castle my gosh just look at those lovely homes :druling: :druling: Thank you for sharing eace: Oh and great job with the hike :applause:
Beautiful homeland you have there Dave, thank you for sharing. I'll post pictures of South Texas some time but right now my camera lens would melt!!:thud: Anthony
