Tom Liath – I left my car near the start of the vehicle track to Burnside located south of Cromdale and accessed from the A95. I then briefly walked towards Burnside before heading south-west along another track which led to the woodland surrounding Tom Liath. Once through a couple of[…]
Strath More
Brown Caterthun and Hill of Lundie –These two Tumps are located north-west of Brechin and were accessed from the car park at the high point on the unclassified road that ran between White Caterthun and Brown Caterthun. I passed through a small gate and climbed north-east along a path to[…]
Rhynie
Hill of Oldmeldrum – This Tump was located north-west of Rhynie and there appeared to be no restrictions to driving west along the forest road an extension of the single track public road which ended at Mytice and reached from the A97 Rhynie to Huntly Road. I left my car[…]
Glen Mark
Round Hill: From the car park at the head of Glen Esk in Angus I walked north-west along Glen Mark to just beyond the crossing of the Burn of Glascorrie. At this point I climbed north on a vehicle track containing patches of snow to above Glas Corrie and onto[…]
Rothienorman
Hill of Crannabog – This Tump was located to the south-east of the village of Rothienorman. I approached the hill from the east parking beside the houses at Ladenhar and walked south-west along the unclassified road to a stock gate. Once over this gate I crossed a couple of grassy[…]
Edzell
Manach Hill and Tornarock – These two Tumps were located west of Fettercairn and north of the B966 road to Edzell. I left my car on an area of grass in the small hamlet of Kirkton of Balfour then walked north-west along a vehicle track to and through the Wood[…]
Clashindarroch
I left my car at the start of the forest track (grid reference NJ443279) on the north side of the A941 Rhynie to Dufftown Road and briefly walked north-west along this track before leaving it, entering the trees and crossing some brash and windblown timber. On clearing the wood the[…]
Glen Buchat
I parked on the south verge of the single track road immediately west of the private road leading to Upperton Farm in Glen Buchat, north-east of Strathdon. I initially walked along the farm road to a gate which gave access to the vehicle track heading north-east through a field of[…]
Cairn a Mount
I parked at the start of the forest track on the east side of the B974 Banchory to Fettercairn Road south of the Bridge of Dye at grid reference NO647852 and walked east up the forest track to the ‘T’ junction. I briefly headed north to locate a little used[…]
Ballochbuie
I parked on the south side of the A93 Ballater to Braemar Road beside the Garbh Allt Shiel footbridge, east of Invercauld. The gate giving access to the bridge was padlocked but using one of the bridge pillars I managed to clamber over the gate, walked across the bridge and[…]