Mid Scotland |
Page 6 - Wallace Monument, Stirling University, Dumyat Hill (Ochil Hills), Views of Kincardine |
 | Wallace Monument 1152 x 864 233K |
Looking down on the Wallace Monument and Stirling from the western slopes of Dumyat Hill. Part of Stirling University can be seen at the right of the picture. |
 | Dumyat
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Further up the ridge is this view of a bend in the River Forth. A Solitary tree is perched on a rocky slope. Its survival is presumably because it was too difficult for sheep to reach when it was a sapling. |
 | Dumyat
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Looking uphill to the east. Even although it's a sunny July day, recent rain has made this area somewhat squelchy, and the woman and her dog must detour around the wettest bits. |
 | Castle
Law 1152 x 864 179K |
A south west view from Dumyat. Looking over Castle Law we can see the Wallace Monument in the centre of the picture. |
 | Hang
glider 1152 x 864 129K |
A Hang glider has taken off from the summit and is riding the thermals before descending to a field near Menstrie. |
 | Dumyat
top 1152 x 864 206K |
At the summit is this regimental shield apparently made from concrete and painted in different colours. The metal basket on top of the cemented cairn is for a fire to serve as a beacon. The Ochil Hills stretch out behind. On the horizon at the right, Knock Hill stands above the surrounding countryside. |
 | Dumyat
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Tullibody, Alloa and Kincardine are small towns built on the River Forth's floodplain. The Bathgate Hills and the Pentland Hills are on the horizon south of the Firth of Forth, obscured by haze. |
 | Kincardine on Forth 1152 x 864 196K |
Same standpoint as the previous picture but zoomed in for a closer look at Kincardine Bridge which crosses the Forth, just before the river widens to become the Firth of Forth. Smoke comes from the chimneys at Alloa. Waste heat comes from the cooling towers at Grangemouth at the right of the picture, behind the tidal mudflats. |
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