Criffel is no mountain, although at 1867ft (569m) it is not that far off attaining official status. However, precise altitude is irrelevant, because it forms the highest ground for many miles around, with no serious competition coming for twenty-five miles, looking either due north to the Lowther Hills, or southeast, across the Solway Firth, to … Read more
The Ochil Hills thrust a forbiddingly steep escarpment above the flat carselands of Clackmannanshire, abruptly liberating the hills from a Lowland landscape; their southern flanks incised by a succession of deep folds shutting out the world. Beyond this, as the gradient eases, the terrain softens into grassy, rolling hills that gradually decrease in elevation to … Read more
Tinto is the prized mountain of South Lanarkshire, the Sunday afternoon ascent for thousands of local families, with its imposing bulk providing a background view to their daily grind. Tinto is certainly a distinctive presence, a vast, solitary dome rising above a loop in the River Clyde to a height of 2,334 feet (711m). Having … Read more