Tak-ma-doon tae Kilsyth

A walk up the Tak-ma-doon Road to a viewpoint at the highest location on that road, at 322 metres above sea-level. There, we ponder the origins of the name Tak-ma-doon, known on one old map as 'Takmidown', and then head west along an ancient track to the top of the small hill of Tomtain, at 453 metres above sea-level. The signposted path from there back to Kilsyth is impossible to locate and follow, and indeed no longer exists on modern Ordnance Survey maps, but in the end we do manage back to Kilsyth. Did the sun shine? You bet. A lovely hill-walk on a little Scottish hill that offers views over a huge area of Central Scotland.