Find your favourite spot IN FIFE
We were becoming increasingly unsure that we were on a proper road as I swerved to avoid yet another enormous pothole on the increasingly steep, rough lane. I wasn’t as confident as I wanted to be even though I had checked. Google Street View had shown a car park and toilet block at the end of this road and a sign off the A912 had confirmed this was the way to get to the East Lomond picnic area.
As we gained height, though, the edges of the lane were little more than rubble and rain had washed rivers of gravel down onto what was left of the asphalt. Just as I started to wonder if I really had taken a wrong turn, things began to improve and I could see a mast ahead. We were in the right place.
We’d originally planned to climb East Lomond from Falkland, the historic Fife village that sits at its foot. After all, we’re hill walkers – a short, sharp climb to a 1,424ft top wasn’t going to kill us.
The car park and picnic area that sits at 1,105ft was a cheat, best left for ‘tourists’. That was until we saw the forecast of
