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This is to replace my earlier post where I confused West with East

Hi, 

My mum, a keen hillwalker, came over to Scotland for two weeks with a dream of doing some hill. I planned for her Buachaille Etive Beag as it is not too strenuous, mostly "paved" so should be fine even in wet weather and the views are stunning. However, it is not 5 days in and she barely left house due to constant rain here in Glasgow.

I am watching the forecast and the EAST (not surprisingly) looks a tiny bit better. Is there something of similar visual impact that you could recommend towards the EAST / NORTH EAST , up to 2hrs drive from Glasgow?

Thank you 

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Schiehallion?

https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/perthshire/schiehallion.shtml

Edit: with the bonus that in the 18th century it was used to calculate the Earth's mass..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiehallion_experiment

The forecast isn't that much better for the east. The suggestion on the other thread for Dumyat is a good option - it's not very high high by comparison with your original plan, so that means it might not be cloud-covered, and the position on the Ochils means that the views are very good to the south and east. 

The Eildon Hills in the Borders might be worth considering. Again, not very high, but a decent day out if your mother is getting cabin fever. 

The Mountain Weather Information Service give forecasts for cloud-free Munros - not looking very optimistic anywhere for the weekend. 

https://www.mwis.org.uk/

Dumyat is my default hill - up it this morning - so I'll second that. Eildon Hills are another good suggestion, but a bit further to drive from Glasgow.

Ben Cleuch is my default hill - likewise up it today! It, and the high Ochils generally, are very good value - very accessible, easy(ish) walking and often with better weather than the higher things, but still feeling like "proper" hills as they're a lot higher than the surrounding land.

(Good to bump into you in the park the other day, Russell!)

Enjoyed the chat, Dave. Hope your visitor enjoyed the walk.

Think she did, thanks, despite having a broken shoulder. We bagged the usual Tump, not that that is really the kind of hill the OP here is looking for, nice though it is. Next day she had an eight-hour bus journey back home to Caithness - long way.

Thank you. How is this trail in wet weather? I would prefer to avoid too muddy conditions. Thank you.

West Lomond in Fife is pretty accessible so a short outing in iffy weather.

Ben Vrackie near to Pitlochry could be another contender as I think the path is well trodden.

Further East( if the West is driech) then Driesh in Glen Clova may be cloud free.

There are many and varied ways up (and down) these things - that's half the enjoyment. Dumyat that Russell mentioned has a big/obvious path from the west, but there are lots of other (and probably better) ways up that too. Have fun - explore!

North Berwick Law. 

Worth having a look at the UKH Route Cards, the map gives you lots of east-of-Scotland options: https://www.ukhillwalking.com/logbook/r/find.php

You don't tend to get quite as much visual bang for minimal effort in the east as you do in Glen Coe, but these are great non-taxing options within a couple of hours of Glasgow that might benefit from being further east:

Schiehallion https://www.ukhillwalking.com/logbook/r/?i=752

Ben Vrackie https://www.ukhillwalking.com/logbook/r/?i=80

Ochils https://www.ukhillwalking.com/logbook/r/?i=505

Longer days include...

Beinn a' Ghlo https://www.ukhillwalking.com/logbook/r/?i=85

Glen Lyon four https://www.ukhillwalking.com/logbook/r/?i=484

And with a bit more drive you've got some great Cairngorms options like...

Sgorr Gaoith https://www.ukhillwalking.com/logbook/r/?i=1228

Cairn Gorm circuit https://www.ukhillwalking.com/logbook/r/?i=1366