dollar to dumyat

[dunrig]

Back to the bus, the dollar academy firstbus for this walk. Have just read Andrew Greig's golf book, in it he describes being badly bullied as a boarder at this school, hope this doesn't happen now.
Up a lush dollar glen, over king's seat, andrew gannel to ben cleuch, tried skirt worst of the bog & peat hags on way to blairdenon, then down & up, down & up to dumyat.

Things that were good about this walk:

-a lush green dollar glen
-watching shepherds & dogs work on the hill
-apart from above having the hills largely to myself untill dumyat
-rowans full of red berries
-blooming purple heather

worries:

-every year the downhill stretches on all the walks I do get harder on the knees.

dollar glen

looking back

working on the hill

triffids

skirting the peat hags

meeting of the 3 fences -blairdenon

dumyat

menstrie burn- steel bridge

rowan tree

(all around the) purple heather

dumyat locals

[RicKamila]

Love the Highland Coo's!!

[hills]

Great walk, big one too. Where are those cattle on dumyat?

[dunrig]

Thanks Russell, Hils -I do variations of this walk every year, last year I met the cattle on way up from menstrie burn thats north side hill there was warning sign- this year I met them on opposite side on way down on path that eventually comes out at road that goes by think its called Logie church - got to say I have always found highland cattle to be a most gentle breed often walked through them never bothered me even as yesterday when they have calves.