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Cort Ma Law(531m) & Lecket Hill(547m)

Sunday 27th November 2016

11kms

5hrs

One week on from a snow covered Beinn a'Mhanaich there was not a patch of snow to be seen as we set off from the car park at Clachan of Campsie and up through the woodland path towards Campsie Glen and the base of the west ridge of Cort-ma-Law; the weather however, was very similar, a cool breeze and bright blue skies, brilliant walking conditions.

In typical Campsie style, this ridge presents contrasting aspects, to the north, the grassy slopes roll away in a broad shallow sweep of hillside whilst to the south extremely steep crags plunge down to the flat plains of Lennoxtown and Milton of Campsie, offering fine views south over the urban sprawl of Glasgow and beyond.

Leaving the ridge behind,and venturing onto the open moorland, we swung to the north towards the Trig Point clearly visible on the flat top of Cort-ma-Law, the cool wind picking up as it crossed the open expanse of the moorland, and here we did see a few patches of snow, the remnants of last weeks snowfall.With little to shelter us from the wind, we simply hunkered down on the rough grass and enjoyed a welcome lunch break.

Northwest of us, the very indistinct top of Lecket Hill merged into the surrounding moorland, and it was easy to see how these hills can present a challenge of navigation in poor visibility; today however, we had no such problems as we crossed the flat, and at time quite boggy ground between these two tops, arriving at Lecket Hill, the slightly higher of the two, to discover just how indistinct if really is, standing as it does in an area of flat heather covered ground, the very dubious summit being marked by a few rocks that have been formed into a mini cairn.

We completed this circular route with our descent down the broad, grassy west ridge running from Lecket Hill down to meet the minor road running through Campsie Glen, passing the rather quaint James Wright's Well, marking a spring outlet, and providing, so the tale goes, a welcome spot for weary travellers in bygone days.

A fine walk in brilliant weather and great company - Thanks Idris.

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