1) A glorious day spent climbing in the Ochils – we climbed Dumyat, a craggy 418m hill, situated at the western end of the Ochils, behind the Wallace Monument, Stirling.
2) I started the day layered up against the predicted low temperatures. By the end I was down to two of my original six – the weather was just ideal :-).
3) We ended our hike with afternoon tea at the Coffee Bothy in Blairlogie, complete with delicious cakes. The whole day made pretty near perfect by the fact that we spent it with friends 🙂 .
Aidan, on the way up.
Views across to the east, down the Forth Valley towards Edinburgh;
and to the north west, with the Highlands beckoning in the background.
At the summit!
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Note Aidan’s geology hammer in the summit photo. Dumyat once had copper mining, and we found a good outcrop of malachite to prove it!