I parked at the side of the B9119 at the junction of the minor road leading to Lumphanan and walked south-west along this minor road to Tom Tough’s Well. Here I left the road crossed some rough ground, barbed wire fences, stone dykes and a stubble field before entering an[…]
Keith
It was back up to the Keith area to climb a few more of these lesser visited hills. The first pair was the Hump, Hill of Mulderie, and the Tump, Little Mulderie, to the west of the town. The access point was the vehicle track to the north which was[…]
Strathdon
Today’s Tump, Green Hill South Top, was located west of Strathdon. I left my vehicle at the start of the vehicle track on the north side of the A944 east of the minor road to Edinglassie and walked along this track through the forest to its north edge. A steep[…]
Aberdeenshire
I was back up in the Huntly and Keith areas of Aberdeenshire to climb some more of the lesser known hills. The first one was Gallow Hill to the west of Huntly parking at the roadside to the west of this Tump. Initially I walked up a gap between a[…]
Sidlaws and Strathmore
I left my vehicle opposite Kirkton of Collace Church, north-east of Balbeggie, and walked south-west to Kirkton Farm where a signed path led south-east along a muddy track then up the side of an electric fence to a new deer fence. From here I headed towards the col west of[…]
Trossachs
I parked at the side of the A821 west of the Brig o’Turk (grid ref. NN522063) and walked north-east along a good forest track. At a junction (grid ref. NN525072) I took a left and headed west below the Tump, Sron Armailte. Around grid ref. NN522071 I left the track[…]
Perth Hills
I stopped off in Perth to climb a couple of hills. The first one was located within the city so after parking on a side street I crossed Viewlands Road West and walked towards the east side of a reservoir. From there I crossed a barbed wire fence, climbed through[…]
Sidlaw Hills
I was in the Sidlaw Hills, south-east of Coupar Angus, to climb three Tumps. The first two were accessed from a car park just off the minor road to the south-west. Vehicle tracks led to the south-east side of Northballo Hill then a firebreak consisting of some rough vegetation took[…]
Trossachs
The first hill today was the Hump, Craig Leven, located to the south-east of Loch Katrine in the Trossachs. From the map it appeared to be quite an awkward hill to ascend and this turned out to be true in fact all four hills made for a tough walk. I[…]
Dundee City
Heading south I stopped off in Dundee City to bag its three Tumps. The first one was Dundee Law which was close to the city centre. I wasn’t aware you could drive to and park beside the summit tower so I left my vehicle in a lower car park, walked[…]