The Lomond Hills are my ultimate ‘Happy Place‘ in Fife, partly because they are the closest thing to mountains, and partly because the open moorland reminds me so much of West Cornwall.
Path from West Lomond to East Lomond Hill
Another feature of the Lomond Hills is the views, which from East and West Lomond Hills, and Bishop’s Hill, are quite spectacular. The three photographs below from East Lomond or Falkland Hill.
View from East Lomond Hill looking towards Largo Law
Falkland village and view north from East Lomond Hill
View NW from East Lomond Hill
There is a lane between the two main Lomond Hills, which is easy to follow and reasonably flat, but the two walks up either hill are fairly strenuous.
Coming down East Lomond Hill – West Lomond Hill in distance
Lane to West Lomond Hill
The photograph below is from the top of West Lomond Hill.
View from West Lomond – River Tay in distance
The two remaining photos are of some clouds (the Lomond Hills often are a great place to ‘weather watch’ in Fife), and some heather/bilberry which is commonly found on the hills.
Clouds from the Lomond Hills
Bilberry and Heather on East Lomond Hill
Fife Photos & Art 
Beautiful! I love the second (b&w) one especially, with the wind-blown thorn tree.
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Thanks Jo 🙂 The wind blown hawthorn definitely reminds me of West Cornwall, that would count as a tree down there. Six hawthorns is a forest!! 🙂
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We were down in west Cornwall a few years back – near Penzance. Yes, a very windswept landscape!
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I spent my childhood in Penzance, and lived in St Just from 1998-2006. I absolutely love Scotland, but I do sometimes miss Cornwall.
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A similar thing with me – I grew up in Shropshire and sometimes long for the typical ‘old English’ style countryside, but I’m totally in love with Scotland as well.
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Spectacular! I can see why this place brings happiness. Tranquility and peace.
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Thanks Rebecca 🙂 It is a beautiful part of Fife, and thankfully even in the middle of the summer, there aren’t too many people up there.
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Can hardly wait to come back…
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And we can hardly wait to see you back Rebecca 🙂
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Wonderful photos, Andy, the distance seen in them is impressive. I’m not surprised it’s one of your happiest places.
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Thanks Lorna 🙂 I was amazed how far you can see from the Lomonds, the first time I went up there.
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Spectacular photos! That’s a place I would very much like to go. Friends of ours who had grown up holidaying in Cornwall said that Stonehaven reminded them a bit of Cornwall, especially with the granite.
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Thank you Christine 🙂 There are a few places up here I’ve now been to that do remind me of Cornwall, but I’ve not yet been to Stonehaven – from the photos I’ve seen, Stonehaven looks very pretty.
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BEAUTIFUL! I love the patchwork landscapes!
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You do feel like you are up in a plane looking down on the landscape from here 🙂
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beautiful. especially like the heather on Lomond hill. I’ll have to look up more info on Lomond hills as we have Scots ancestors that were Lomonds. 🙂
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Wow!! It’s such a small world. Mind you, they may have got their name from Loch Lomond, that’s about 60 miles west of the Hills, and a lot more famous. I’m glad you like the heather photo, that was one of my favourites too 🙂
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I can see why you love it, it’s stunning and quite like Cornwall but I suspect considerably damper than damp Cornwall!
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Oddly enough Gill, I reckon Fife gets less rain than Cornwall!! It’s the West Coast of Scotland that gets it all!! 🙂
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Lovely photos .. quite a hike up those hills by the look of it from the perspective you’ve taken ! I can see the Cornwall connection the rounded hills, heather ,and solitary windblown tree ! It’s somewhere I have re discovered the past couple of years and I absolutely love it . Penzance .. ah there was a painting that they kept hidden for many years as they thought it would put off visitors 😉 http://www.penleehouse.org.uk/artists/norman-garstin . I think you might be right about the rain Lol
St Just area is a favourite with us … near to Porth Nanven …
I must really make it to Scotland though !
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Thank you Poppytump 🙂 It was a reasonable trek up the hill, but well worth it 🙂 I think you would love Scotland if you like Cornwall!! Norman Gastin, one of the most famous members of the Newlyn School of Artists – his painting of Penzance Promenade is quite famous now, it also shows the wee shop my grandparents used to own 🙂 I used to walk down to Porth Nanven cove most weekends, I lived about 0.5 miles away 🙂
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Lovely photos!
Is it possible to buy a print of ‘Clouds from the Lomond Hills’ please?
Thanks
Lucy.
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Hi Lucy 🙂
I’ve not been on this blog for quite a while, but if you are still interested in buying a print of ‘Clouds from the Lomond Hills’, a 10″x7″ print would cost you £10 plus £1.50 p&p.
Sorry for taking so long to reply to your comment.
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