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Bishop Hill

Bishop Hill


Postby loriwatson1 » Wed May 20, 2020 12:19 pm

Sub 2000' hills included on this walk: Bishop Hill

Date walked: 20/03/2020

Time taken: 1.1 hours

Distance: 4.5 km

Ascent: 322m

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Since we are on lockdown gives me time to look back at the local's.

First time doing the Bishop but plan to do it again as i didn't make it to the trig point :shock:

To start off we parked at the church car park at scotlandwel ,
it was a beautiful sunny Friday, clear skies looking right over Loch Leven.
I found Bishop quite steep compared to the other Lomonds but the climb was definitely worth it for the views .

The path is nice plenty benches if you are needing a little rest
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Re: Bishop Hill

Postby Sgurr » Wed May 20, 2020 3:12 pm

Might be disappointed looking for the trig point. It just has a cairn.Did you maybe get there? Crdeit Nigel Morters from gegraph, as i couldn't be bothered to look for my own. Are we allowed to DRIVE to walk yet? Didn't know.

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Re: Bishop Hill

Postby nigheandonn » Wed May 20, 2020 3:46 pm

I think that might have been the last weekend before you were told not to - around the time of the Snowdon row.

That was one of my last hills before the lockdown too, but about two weeks earlier, and not as much sunshine. Nice, though.
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Re: Bishop Hill

Postby Sgurr » Wed May 20, 2020 6:49 pm

You are right nigheandonn, the date puts it before lockdown. We were still (just about) driving round locally then too.
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