26 E Lomond, W Lomond and Bishop Hill

These three hills can all be done from the large car park at NO227062.

E Lomond is a straightforwards out & back (50 mins, 2.2 miles, 550' of ascent).

From W Lomond it should be possible to descend directly to the track crossing Glen Vale, but the obvious track takes you via Lothrie Burn at NO202055. At the disused quarry at NO153091, take the track on the S of the wall (through the gate), not the N of the wall which trends NW. The summit is the mound soon after the ridge is attained. I followed the wall just S of the mound heading ENE (easy) to NO145048, then climbing the wall still heading ENE to then next wall (easy) continuing over Harperleas to Lothrie Burn (V hard) and then from a bit further down the Burn to the return track at NO209057 (V hard and boggy), I would recommend instead retracing the track from the summit to around NO202057 to pickup the return track.

(3 hours 40 mins, 7.7 miles, 1550’ of ascent)