Slackdhu - 496m
Dumfoyn - 426m
Dumgoyne - 427m
Friday 11th December 2009
Dumfoyn - 426m
Dumgoyne - 427m
Friday 11th December 2009
Weather/Conditions: Beautiful clear skies once above the clouds. Miserable and grey in Strathblane when I started out but came out the top of the clouds and had great weather all day.
Distance/Ascent/Time: 9.4km / 700m / 3h 10m
Accompanying: Alone
I spent a lot of time on Slackdhu just enjoying the day and the relatively settled weather. I spent a lot of time around the cliffs searching out routes in areas I hadn't been to before, but eventually decided to go onwards to Dumgoyne and Dumfoyn. This was well and good, except that I left myself little time to get the bus back. Once on Dumgoyne, it was a race down the hillside and back towards Blanefield. I made the distance and eventually caught the bus with time to spare.
A great day. Well worth getting out onto the hills. If anything I was glad I went to the Campsies rather than the Highlands for two reasons. 1) Seeing the Central Belt and home beneath cloud was more spectacular than seeing a couple of cloud filled glens, and 2) The Campsies were sunny, the Highlands weren't.
And two ladies at the bus stop in Blanefield gave me a good chuckle: Miserable Weather isn't it? Aye, it is... I just couldn't help but smile to myself.
Dumgoyne
Dumfoyn
Slackdhu
360° Panorama
Dumgoyne
Times (Time relative to 0.00)
(0.00) 11.50am Blanefield
(0.55) 12.45pm Slackdhu
(1.55) 1.45pm Slackdhu (left)
(2.20) 2.10pm Dumfoyn
(2.30) 2.20pm Dumgoyne
(3.10) 3.00pm Blanefield
(0.00) 11.50am Blanefield
(0.55) 12.45pm Slackdhu
(1.55) 1.45pm Slackdhu (left)
(2.20) 2.10pm Dumfoyn
(2.30) 2.20pm Dumgoyne
(3.10) 3.00pm Blanefield
Written: 2009-12-20