Ordiquhill – On a previous visit I failed to find a route onto this Tump but with more information I parked on the west side of the B9022 Huntly to Portsoy Road at the start of one of the several forest tracks leading into the Bin Forest. (NJ528429) I walked[…]
Aberdeenshire
I was back up in the Huntly and Keith areas of Aberdeenshire to climb some more of the lesser known hills. The first one was Gallow Hill to the west of Huntly parking at the roadside to the west of this Tump. Initially I walked up a gap between a[…]
Strathbogie
The first hill of the day was Ordiesnaught located south-east of Huntly. I parked on an old section of the A96, crossed the road and a couple of fields to reach an area of rough pasture and gorse bushes where the summit of this Tump was located. Slightly closer to[…]
Huntly
South-west of Huntly was the Tump, Clashmach Hill. With permission I parked at the end of the unclassified road accessed off the A96 Huntly By-Pass at the local mart. I walked up a fenced off path, lower down bounded by gorse bushes, then later a deer fence on its upper[…]
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[…]
Huntly
The Bin: Parked just off the A96 Huntly to Keith Road, north-west of Huntly, and walked along tracks later marked with yellow then white marker posts to the summit of this Hump. The return was by the upward route. Boddum Hill: Parked in the ‘Forest Walks’ car park, on the[…]
Huntly
Hill of Bainshole: This Tump was located on the north side of the Glens of Foudland, part of the A96 Inverurie to Huntly Road. I left my vehicle at the side of the minor road to the north-east and walked south-west along a sign-posted vehicle track then a path through[…]