Bishop Hill

 Circular Lomond Walk, 13km,4 hours 30 min, 460m ascent

With the college we parked at West Balgothrie and walked north east passed Holl reservoir. Then west passed Ballo reservoir  through the forest by Harperleas reservoir along the snowy and boggy path to glen vale. Climbed south up the steep slopes to the summit of Bishop hill then east passed west and east feal farm back to the car park. The sky was cloudy with sunny spells and parts of the walk were a foot deep of snow at times.

The Southern Uplands

 Ettrick valley,14.2km,6 hours,30 min.

Started at Potburn road end NT 188 093 with the college on the southern upland way and followed the path NE through the forest to Bught Hill 580. Took a bearing west to Bodesbeck Law 665m then descended south before ascending west to Faulsdie Hill 568m and S to White Shank 622 using the fence as a handrail. Followed it on to Smidhope Hill 644m, SE to Capel Fell 678m then descended and climbed E to Wind Fell 665m. NE on to Hopetoun Craig 632. From here we descended NE then followed the land rover track NW  passed Over Phawhope bothy and back to the potburn road end. Practised bearings and aiming off to collective features then using it as handrails. Heather wet and boggy with snow a foot deep which made walking difficult at times. 

Ben Cleuch

2.3.10 Ben Cleuch (The Ochil’s) Clackmannanshire, 721 metres. 10.7 km  5 hours 30 min.

From Tillicoultry walked with the college up via mill glen following the path around the waterfalls. Took the path south east around then north up past Gannel burn. From here we followed other peoples snow tracks to the cairn NE, then NW to Andrew Gannel hill summit 670m.West over to Ben Cleuch summit trig point 721m and SW to the lower slopes of Ben Ever before walking SE back to mill glen. The snow was easy walking in places but knee and waist deep in others but there was clear blue sky and sunshine all day.