Logged Visits:

21st May 2023  11:00  by thejackrustles

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Drove up lane to house to see if there was anywhere to park and ended up at the house. Looked in good order but definitely no one living in there so I parked outside. Hopped over the barbed wire fence (with the aid of my car mat as I was close) and then along to the trig which is next to a fallen down fence which I promptly got my foot caught up in and landed flat on my face. In the space of the walk to and from the car I was soaked and had to change everything. Wetter than I was all week on Islay!

Busbyside collage ©thejackrustles

11th Apr 2023  10:34  by ruari2022

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Parked NW at end of Station Rd and followed track to bridge over railway and skirted edges of field. Trig behind fallen tree trunk. Retraced steps back after bag.

©ruari2022

26th Mar 2023  10:20  by A1Mushroom

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

parked up the lane to the house on the 90 left hand bend. Might be a tight squeeze for a larger car. Hopped over the fence and walked up the field boundary to the trig.

28th Jan 2023  15:00  by nine_milesperhour

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Fairly easy to access by climbing through the fence at the end of the Busbyside farm track. The pillar is about 30 metres further along the tree line that runs along the field edge.

Busbyside Pillar
Busbyside Pillar

6th Nov 2022  13:32  by WeirdWifie

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Easy hop over the fence at the seemingly abandoned farm cottage, along edge of field to the trig. All fencing helpfully knocked over or damaged enabling easy access.

17th Aug 2022  10:52  by fasgadh

Gridref: NS 58504 55872   FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Biked up from Busby during the stubble season.

Busbyside ©fasgadh
Busbyside ©fasgadh
Busbyside Intact spider©fasgadh

10th Sep 2017  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: NS 58509 55874   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

12th Feb 2016  16:30  by Mickandkim

Gridref: NS 58503 55880   FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Drove up lane and got ok from cottage to park and walk

1st Nov 2015  16:19  by Aqueously90

Gridref: NS 58505 55876   FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Log #210. Parked to the north-west and followed the track alongside the railway. Skirted the boundary of the field until reaching the pillar, which is in decent condition and has its lightly indented cap intact. [ExP-168/MiP-8/Rev-2/BM-12/IS-17/Other-3]

FB
Cap
Pillar
View to the north-west

10th Mar 2013  23:01  by THE CYCLIST

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

27th Nov 2011  16:30  by Fraser07

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Field very muddy. Got carried by Alan63.

27th Nov 2011  16:30  by Alan63

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

Visited with Fraser07.

17th Oct 2010  11:17  by Quadbarrel

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Another dash across the fields to get to a semi urban trig. Easy access from the road.

Flush Bracket
Circular Plate
View from Busbyside

28th Feb 2010  09:45  by German68

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 7/10

closest trig to my house

27th Jan 2010  12:55  by campagvelocet

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 4/10

Decent view towards Kilpatricks. Despite the OS maintaining otherwise Busbyside Farm is merely a small pile of rubble!

30th Dec 2009  16:00  by descarte1

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Vgc pillar standing under trees. FB faces E-ish, spider intact and cap present with sunken lettering. South-ish sighthole only open. Lovely in the snow with the sun setting. Nice waxing gibbous moon giving the snow a nice colour. All in all, very satisfying! Views not exceptional, but quite decent over the SE side of Glasgow/Busby/Clarkston.

23rd Sep 2009  14:55  by Sandman

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

18th Apr 2009  20:07  by coinea

Gridref: NS 58504 55877   FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

18th Apr 2009  20:06  by clochandighter

Gridref: NS 58508 55876   FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Third visit. For GPS measurement and photographs. SITE VISIT: Pillar in good condition. Spider retains original OS centre cap with shallow engraved letters. Flush bracket faces 149° SE. Vented through SW sight hole. View to Ben Lomond.

S3655 - Busbyside pillar & FB
S3655 - Busbyside & GRP

21st Feb 2009  14:45  by andyc

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Can drive right up to nearby cottage on decent private road. Unexciting views.

19th Feb 2009  13:05  by Fester

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Revisiting some old trigs to photograph but left the camera in the van :)

17th Dec 2008  15:30  by SlainteJimmy

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Pillar in perfect condition, north of base (fence-side) exposed with only West sight open. Very muddy today!

Busbyside ...very muddy today.

17th Dec 2008  00:00  by Tink

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

difficult access thanks to barbed wire and muddiness

Busbyside good condition - difficult access due to weather and fencing

26th Mar 2006  16:00  by agentmancuso

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

BSM type

28th Dec 2005  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

vgc, metal cap shallow letters, pasture S side of fence 50m WSW of cottage. S above numbers.

Montaged by Jon Rouse ©peregrinus

27th Jan 2005  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Revisited to photograph

S3655
S3655
S3655

26th Oct 2003  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

S3655

22nd Mar 1999  15:21  by vegibagger

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

central spider and OSTS plug complete

1st Aug 1990  15:07  by clochandighter

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

First visit. To record FB number. The pillar was completed in February 1946 costing £4.11s.6d. In 1947 this marker was computed for triangulation as tertiary station NS77/T54 in the Glasgow secondary block. Flush bracket S3655 was levelled for height in 1967. This trig point was last maintained by the OS in September 1971. Spider retained original OS centre plug. BsM flush bracket. No access problems. Originally visited by GRP, 1/08/1990 @ 15:07. Revisited in 1996, and third visit in 2009.

21st Jul 1987  00:00  by RogerTempleman

FB Number: S3655  Condition: Good  Score: 3/10

Pillar on farmland, under tree and surrounded by long grass.