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Lockdown still in force and that can only mean one thing, more Tumps on the menu. The next batch of 11 are south and east of Cupar, although the hills were slightly bigger than last weekend because of my careful planning our ascent was less than 500m. One surprising thing was pout of the 11 hills - 6 of them had trigs on or near the summit.
Here are the hills in the order that we tackled them:
Dalginch Hill, 137.5m
Hill of Kirkforthar, 157m
Down Law, 241m
Clatto Hill, 248m
Walton Hill, 188m
Hill of Tarvit, 211m
Clatto Hill, 168m
Drumcarrow Craig, 218m
Fleecefauld Hill, 212m
Caskerdo Hill, 202m
Pilmuir Knock, 100m
Dalginch Hill, 137.5m, 19m of ascent, 500m, 30mins
Our first hill certainly cause us to break sweat, looking back to the road where we parked
The ascent was so easy George didn't even need to use his poles
The trig on Dalginch with Glenrothes in the background
Looking back to the slight incline we had to make
Looking SW, the Forth in the distance
Trig number - for Parminder and anyone else who is interested
Video on the summit of Dalginch
Hill of Kirkforthar, 157m, 21m of ascent, 2km, 30mins
The track at the beginning of the walk to Kirkforthar, we would be turning right shortly
Looking back
Having turned right we are now walking on the edge of a ploughed field
Looking north across the ploughed field
Looking back
The summit or high point is on the field, luckily the mud/clay/soil was dry and very firm
George on the summit
West Lomond from the flat summit of Kirkforthar
During our search for the elusive trig we thought it might be hiding behind the pile of stones
Now you can see why we couldn't find the trig, it was in a hollow on it's side, presumably moved by the farmer
The trig number, for the trig lovers
The hollow, a proper dumping ground
Down Law, 241m, 30m of ascent, 1km, 20mins
Our next target up by the masts
And walkers - like us
We are heading for the lump to the left of the masts. The farmer had spread the field with manure which was sticking like glue to our boots, lovely!
Looking down on the buildings supporting the masts
View SW, East Lomond in the clear, West Lomond with cloud on top
George looking towards our next hill
Stone circle? The summit apparently used to have a fort on top
Little pond for the anglers
Clatto Hill, 248m, 61m of ascent, 2.7km, 45mins
Our next hill is in the trees in the distance and is going to be our highest of the day. A couple of fields with sheep munching on turnips
The trees in the distance aren't getting any closer
A fair sized old ruin, looking back to our last hill
Ruin from another angle
Summit in there somewhere doesn't look like too much ascent for us
Terrain has taken a change for the worse, George looks like he is running?
Looking back over the mess
Not far to the summit
George standing and admiring the trig
Got to get the number for our absent colleague
Trig number for the trig lovers
Walton Hill, 188m, 59m of ascent, 2.2km, 35mins
This turned out to be our toughest hill, purely because of the fences, you would think we would be getting used to them by now - but we aren't.
Nice woodland start
We have to weave our way through the gorse bushes
Marching slightly uphill
The Lomonds looking quite far away, from the summit of Walton Hill
Cupar in the distance on the left, Hill of Tarvit on the right
We opted for a slightly different descent route to try and avoid as many fences as possible
We wished all the fences were like this
Looking back from the other side
Hill of Tarvit, 211m, 83m of ascent, 1.3km, 30mins
The road to Tarvit Mansion House
The way ahead, across the field and then into the trees
Looking back down across the field that had been fertilised and didn't smell very nice
A welcome sight, give us a gate any day
The walk uphill was reasonably steep
Our first sight of the monument on the summit, the observant will notice the obvious problem first - another fence
Looking back down on the small forest
The monument & the trig
Looking down on Cupar
For the trig lovers again
The first of 4 view descriptions at the foot of the monument
A final shot of Hill of Tarvit before we headed east to our second Clatto
Clatto Hill, 168m, 27m of ascent, 700m, 20mins
This is in Blebo Craigs (near St Andrews), never been into Blebo before
Summit just up the hill on the left near the masts
Looking back down towards Blebo Craigs
A few large houses dotted around, big walled garden too
The trig on Clatto (the smaller)
Nice clear numbers
George attempting his Parminder pose
Looking across to Lucklaw Hill and the quarry
Looking down on the road up to Clatto from Blebo Craigs
Drumcarrow Craig, 218m, 57m, 1.1km, 35mins
The way ahead to Drumcarrow Craig, summit up by the masts (again)
A few horses roaming around, this one happy to pose
This one wasn't interested in us, grass is much more exciting
A few more for the horsey lovers
The summit of Clatto Hill, this meets Parminder's criteria as a 'real' mountain, rocky summit, cairn and a trig
The numbers
St Andrews in the background
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Martin F Beswick, on Flickr
Leuchars airfield with Tentsmuir Forest and beach in the background
Fleecefaulds Hill, 212m, 36m, 1.2km, 25mins
Nice daff's about to come into bloom at the start of our next walk
The way ahead, wouldn't be too long before we turned right into the forest
This doesn't look steep but it was. We really struggled as the ground was clay and we were unable to get a good grip with our boots - we kind of wish we had brought our spikes!!
The summit is through there, the fenced off bit on the left we think is for pheasants
Not sure what the corrugated sheets are for - shelter, breeding?
New form of headwear. Feeders
The summit area of Fleecefaulds, yet another "woody" summit
Our descent route
My descent route looking back, George opted to try a slightly different one
Caskerdo Hill, 202m, 45m of ascent, 1.5km, 25mins
A nice wide bit of unploughed field for us to walk on
Looking back, we walked in the tractor marks on the field, George taking a photo of the summit in the distance
Looking back
The summit is between the 2 trees in the middle of the photo
Looking back again
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Phot from the summit of Caskerdo
Big house on the left has it's own tennis court that doesn't look like it is used very often
Pilmuir Knock, 100m, 40m of ascent, 1km, 20mins 488m 15.2km 315mins
The summit is in the forest to the right of the photo
A little burn to cross (by a bridge), Largo Law in the background
In the forest now
Badger sett?
Shell Bay, Elie
Largo Law again
Summit area of Pilmuir Knock
Another very enjoyable and successful day, almost summer like. This little haul leaves us with 7 hills on the mainland left with 3 in the Forth that will have to wait until the restrictions are eased.
Once we have completed all the Fife Tumps I will post a full report, listing all the hills with maps.
