Bathgate Hills - Nature walk - Beecraigs

[@2m0hiesotaadventures51]

Thanks for the video. Looks like I'll be taking a trip up Cockleroy soon.

[@uksunshinekid992]

Great video. Lovely commentary too. Very professional. Better than TV. We love Beecraigs

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Thank you very much 😊! It's one of my favourite places!

[@outdoorstours]

very nice video, awesome nature there i liked, enjoyed it and joined u. thanks for sharing! i also will see your other vids in my free time! many greetings from Germany ♥

[@maryohara4481]

Thoroughly enjoyed your journey through the Bathgate Hills and the beautiful camera shots that make everything come alive, even the wee clover flower. Very professional, captured me from the off.

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Thanks Mary! Its a such lovely place. Feels like I take it for granted because its just on the doorstep. Appreciate the comment. Cheers. Kris.

[@PaulFreeman1]

just found your videos. these are my local hills. thanks for showing them in a new way to me.

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

No worries Paul, glad you enjoyed it. They're my local hills too, Great for getting out for a wee stretch of the legs! 😄 Cheers! Kris.

[@macsever547]

A wee gem of a film. Great production and narration. As another local and hillwalker, I too have been rediscovering all these places all over again during the restrictions. Great video, I enjoyed this and will recommend :)

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Thanks Mac! I'll need to make another one to try and fill in some of the places I missed. We're lucky to have all that on out doorstep 😁 Thanks for the comment, take care!

[@irenedunn2809]

So enjoyed your walk. I should be there right now but unfortunately as we all know, it's not possible. Thanks for letting me enjoy the hills 'virtually'.

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Thanks Irene, Glad you enjoyed it! I hope you are able to to get out to them soon, things are starting to look up 🙂 Kris.

[@daveoutdoorsscotland2854]

Superb Kris, just superb.

[@MontyCantsin5]

1:39: 160 years? The Gala Braes standing stone (there are actually two menhirs visible in the field, but one⁠-most likely moved from its original position⁠-is now broken near the base) is Late Neolithic/EBA so has been there for at least 4500 years. The ridge on which they are located is probably a undisturbed prehistoric burial complex and as such, the site is a scheduled ancient monument.

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Hi Monty. At *least* 160 years. This was the earliest date I could 100 prove the stone was there as it was marked on early OS maps. I'd love if you could share some of your sources so I can be more accurate in future. Thanks! Kris.

[@MontyCantsin5]

@@ScottishMountainGoat: If you search for the site on the HES website you will find information relating to the scheduling (1995; updated in 2021) of the monument. There is no reason to doubt the Late Neo/EBA date given the finds made in association with the stones and other prehistoric structures nearby such as Raven Craig Cairn.

[@sandyorr9918]

Great video! I ran a similar route recently during lockdown however from Livingston, up a long the road from the site of the old Bangour General Hospital to Ravencraig where I too found the shrine to "Troll" before heading up to Witchcraig via the Knock and Cairnpapple and on a subsequent run I made it to Cockleroy too! This video brought back all the memories of these runs!

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Nice one Sandy, That's some distance! Love those wee tracks through the forests.

[@DouglasGilgallon]

Hey Kris, another great video. The Bathgate Tourist Board should be beating a path to your door on the back of this wee gem. Hoping to get out myself next month, but we will see. Keep up the great work buddy. Douglas :-)

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Hey Douglas! How have you been? Haha I dunno about that! Nice, you got anywhere in particular planned? I'm kinda avoiding the munros a bit at the moment due to how busy they look. Hopefully after a couple weeks it'll calm down a bit. Cheers, Kris.

[@DouglasGilgallon]

Hi Chris, potentially I am going out to climb a Munro next month called the Saddle, in memory of a climbing friend who sadly passed away several months ago. I suspect it’s going to be a busy day as she was well known within many hillwalking groups and loved, so a good many people will be going to pay respects to her. Douglas.

[@TeddyWandererCamera-Bear]

Thank's for taking us along with you Kris. This looked like a nice place to get out and about in. I always enjoy your videos from the footage you capture to the narative. I can appreciate how much time you put in to making them. So thanks again for sharing Take care :D Teddy

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Thanks Teddy! It's a great place, lucky to have it just in the doorstep. Appreciate the kind comments! Cheers 😀

[@kobebaba]

Awesome video Kris, loving the wildlife shots too

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Cheers Sam, felt very lucky getting that Kestrel shot!

[@charliemccartney7055]

A superb capture of your local area. The time and effort to put this together can't be understated.... well done. Charlie.

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Thanks Charlie, appreciate it. Not long now till we can all venture a bit further that local. Hope you have some adventures planned! Cheers, Kris.

[@Neil.Swinnerton]

Another beautifully shot and narrated video of my local hills. There certainly are some great views to be had on a clear day. My map calls the hills immediately to the south of Linlithgow the "Riccarton Hills" - the Bathgate Hills are shown further again to the south.

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Thanks Neil! Mines show the same regarding the Bathgate hills but shows the Riccarton hills as the area east of Beecraigs. There are a couple of oddities I've found on the ordinance survey maps of the area so I'm not sure if I trust them completely. Thanks for watching!

[@patrickfallon9143]

I always try to get up the Bathgate Hills when I return home. I must get up Cockleroy as I have never done it. I am sure there are lots of locals who have never ventured up to this natural paradise.

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Its a grand view point at the top Pat, no video or picture can do it justice! Definitely worth a visit, there's a handy car park 5 minutes walk from the top as well. Cheers.

[@derek8272]

Top notch video man, I have been to Bathgate a number of times and after seeing this video I have a lot more to see!

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Cheers Derek! I think I still have alot to see up there as well haha 😄

[@derek8272]

@@ScottishMountainGoat Keep it up man, bit of a trek from Ireland but will definitely make it a priority to hike up around there next time I am over. Really enjoy your style of video! very informative and relaxing video.

[@DylanTheMattressMan]

well that the best video of the Bathgate Hills that I have seen please look up the Bathgate Hills Project as we would love you to visit again.

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Hey Dylan, I'm already a member of the project (Kris). Looking forward to all the work going on there and hopefully I can contribute in some way with a video or two 😄 Cheers! Kris.

[@DylanTheMattressMan]

@@ScottishMountainGoat well that's fab - I loved the editing, back ground track, tone and production values - fancy helping to guide what the BHP do and join the core group?

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Sure Dylan, I'd love to!

[@Kev_Russ]

Nice local wee hills Kris likesay 👌

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Cheers Kev! Local ones kept me sane during lockdown haha 😄

[@davidkelly2839]

Cracking videos you're putting out lately Kris, glad to see you're still getting out and about during lockdown :)

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Thanks David! Haha yeh, trying to! Will be good to get out further now the restrictions are lifted. Hope lockdown hasn't been too rough for ya.

[@pmacfto]

I stay in Livingston and walk the dogs or cycle up that way sometimes but your production, filming and narration really make this feel a magical place (and let's face it, Scotland is!) - really great videos - maybe bump into you one of these days - we have 4 collies so easy to spot on walks! :p

[@pmacfto]

Also there's some chat about Troop's stone in FB Bathgate Hills Group facebook.com/groups/243167583465530/?post_id=291842595264695

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Cheers for that Paul! Appreciate the compliments and the info on stone, it really is a masterpiece! 4 collies!? You must have some amount of energy Paul! haha 😀 Hope to see ya out and about. Cheers! Kris.

[@scottmillen1564]

That’s my friends memory stone for his dad his name was troup

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Cheers Scott, i was hoping someone knew who it was for. Absolutely brilliant way to remember him.

[@bpcroofingservices4912]

I knew him pretty well although I stayed in Blackburn..he was a funny wee guy I didnt know he had passed..a lovely way to remember him. Him & Bead were hilarious together

[@jackmitchell679]

Good to see my home town looking so braw in these great shots. Also I’m sure the stone memorial at Ravenscraig was made in honour of a local punk named “Troup” and that’s why the skull has the big mohawk. Cheers for the video 👍🏼 what video editing software do you use ?

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Thanks Jack, much appreciated. I was hoping someone would shed some light on that stone, it's a cracking piece of work! Cheers for that. I use Adobe Premier Pro for these. Take care! Kris.

[@blythmuir26]

Cracking video mate. Captured very well. What camera are you using?

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

Cheers! Used the Panasonic GH5 for the majority and the GoPro Hero7 Black for a couple of bits and pieces.

[@TheHaggisBasher]

09:05 tonguska lol

[@ScottishMountainGoat]

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