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I've written
plenty about the Campsies recently, so there's not much use in going
into vast detail. This walk however is well worth mentioning, if for the
photographs than anything else.
Temperature inversions were forecast for this weekend, so I decided to
chance my luck and spend the afternoon on Slackdhu. Home was covered by
fog, as was Strathblane too, but there were telltale signs on the
journey out that the cloud top wasn't far above. I got walking as
quickly as I could - I didn't want to miss a thing and after five
minutes walking, headed up the track onto Slackdhu's slopes and up my
newest route between the cliff bands. I had a great climb all the way to the
summit of Slackdhu, most of all because of the beautiful scenery across
Glasgow. To think the Weegies would all be waking up underneath that
cloud bitching about the bad weather outside...
I spent a lot of time on Slackdhu just enjoying the day and the
relatively settled weather. I spent a lot of time around the cliffs
searching out routes in areas I hadn't been to before, but eventually
decided to go onwards to Dumgoyne and Dumfoyn. This was well and good,
except that I left myself little time to get the bus back. Once on
Dumgoyne, it was a race down the hillside and back towards Blanefield. I
made the distance and eventually caught the bus with time to spare.
A great day. Well worth getting out onto the hills. If anything I was
glad I went to the Campsies rather than the Highlands for two reasons.
1) Seeing the Central Belt and home beneath cloud was more spectacular
than seeing a couple of cloud filled glens, and 2) The Campsies were
sunny, the Highlands weren't.
And two ladies at the bus stop in Blanefield gave me a good chuckle:
Miserable Weather isn't it? Aye, it is... I just couldn't help but smile
to myself.
Slackdhu
Dumfoyn
Dumgoyne and Descent
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