Lamington Hill

[ngm1scot]

Started at the car park by Lamington Church on the A702 and took a right back along to the minor road to Baitlaws.

An easy start to an easy walk

This is an easy tarmacced road and makes for a pleasant start to the walk

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The gate on the left just before the Baitlaws House is signposted for Walkers and is a wee bit muddy as it goes under the trees but then becomes a firmer path. At the foot of the hill take go through the gate and down to the burn. Again fairly muddy and slippery - today especially as the leaves had fallen on top of mud. Its a very cute bridge over the burn.

What a cute alternative to getting wet feet

After this its fairly easy going across a grassy landrover track which runs alongside the Bottom Burn.

Easy going - but still no sign of the hill...

Soon the track starts to rise slightly and gets a bit muddy and waterlogged, and then we got a good view of our target. If you keep going past the trees which emerge on the right you end up at Cowgill Loch but today I had to be back in Glasgow by 5pm so it was

Lamington Hill

straight up the hill. There is a clear track off to the left but as it dips down to the burn, it is extremely wet although you can bypass most of it by climbing a wee bit off the track. After that it's a straightforward climb up to the western ridge of the hill.

up we go!

Once at the top of the path, take a right and head on straight up (literally!) to the top.

The final pull up to the top.

The earthworks noted on the map are virtually invisible close up - well they are to the uninformed walker.

The ultimate proof.

. Although Lamington is not very high, the views are good with Tinto dominating. I had no map with me today so just enjoy the pictures without worrying too much what the hills are.

All I can say is I'll be back to try some more of these delightful beasties.
The route back is clear and easy although I think I took a marginally more awkward way. When i got to the point where I joined the ridge I simply followed the main path Westwards.

The return path heading West across and down the ridge

After a wee bit the wall (on the right) does a kind of bend but has a gate and a stile. I think it's probably a more interesting route if you follow this instead but I simply kept on the ridge path which contoured round the top of the slope. Gradually it became more of a sheep path than a track but was still easily do-able. When I saw the gate before the Ford down below, I simply crossed down the hillside through the sheep and back on to the original path.

Sheep territory

[orion]

It`s a nice wee hill and very handy for a half day out from Glasgow.
Black Mount,just up the road at Dolphinton,and nearby Mendick Hill are both worth a visit on a clear day.
This was Black Mount last December...
Alex.

[ngm1scot]

That looks like fun. I'm not sure how I will handle snow as this is my first year doing the hillwalking. At least in the "borders" you're not very likely to fall into a crevasse on these "nice wee hills". Thanks for the suggestion, Alex

[vicky1147]

Great hill. If you want a more challenging walk (found accidentally ) then keep walking along the path to the second wooded area and start walking up along side it using quad bike track. It's steep going so it's a good workout. You'll go around the shoulder of the hill til you reach a fence at the back, follow that up and you reach the top of the hill from the opposite direction. Then you can take the gradually sloping ridge back down the front.