King's Seat, Black Hill and Dunsinane Hill and a Bull?

[The Rodmiester]

A fine day was forecast, so after a rather late start it was decided to head off to a local hill which I had never done but passed a few times on my way to going to Perth races on the B953. Today however I was approaching from the North side through Collace. After driving through Collace you find a small parking area at a right angled bend, there is sufficient off road parking for 4 or 5 cars . At the start there is a sign describing the history of Dunsinane hill (Hill Fort) as mentioned in Shakespeare's MacBeth. As mentioned by othes on the wh site, there are three notices re NO DOGS but also to try and put walkers off is a new sign erected BEWARE OF BULL, that's not going to put me off, I wonder how long this sign will remain in situ?

A welcome to all walkers, don't think so!

Or dogs it would seem!

Starts with a short climb on grass adjacent to the edge of the field, then comes a section adjacent to some trees on the left

Looking back at the small parking area

Looking North over Collace and the Glenshee hills in the background

The path passes through a section of goarse bushes and heather

The path passes to the East of the quarry on the right which is fenced off

The top of Dunsinane Hill, and remarkably no sign of the bull!

View from top of Dunsinane Hill West over the Collace Quarry

Top of DH with signs of the two iron age forts

The cliffs to the South of Black Hill

The path between Dunsinane Hill and Black Hill

Long shadows between the hills

Looking back to Dunsinane Hill from Black Hill

Top of Black Hill

Path from Black Hill to King's Seat looking East

Lochan between Black Hill and King's Seat, not shown on OS map. This area is the wettest on the walk in to King's Seat

King's Seat trig point, nicely painted white. Approach path on the South side then turns North through another wet area to the summit. The path here is indistinct.

View from trig point to the East towards Dundee, with Graigowl and masts in the distance

Tree plantations to the NE

Tree plantation at Ledgerlaw, heading for the Westerly edge for the return journey, where it will become very wet and boggy and no pathway as such. Still no sign of THAT BULL!

Wet and boggy here no path, just heading back in the right direction

Lonely tree, still heading West, no path as such, just wet and boggy

At last, after passing three fields and climbing at least three gates, we find ourselves one last obstacle a barbed wire fence at the carpark. I don't think the farmer want's any walkers here. And STILL NO BULL, think it was bull***t.

[hills]

Often thought about doing this hill, so this will come in handy.

[The Rodmiester]

Hi Hills, if I were you, I'd return back over the tops as the route I took from King's Seat was really, really muddy and wet with thick heather, hard going!

[McLEOD]

Looks a no bad walk, similar ground to the Pentlands, cheers

[wilkiemurray]

thanks for posting - often thought about heading up to the sidlaws. This may inspire me this winter

[Merry-walker]

Nice looking wee walk. Great report

[Johnny Corbett]

Cheers Rod, got this planned for winter time

[summitchaser]

hi rod. nice report and fab pictures. nice to see black hill crag from the summit of dunsinane. just back from climbing the crag again, someone was taking pictures of us. Would be great to see them, ryan pringle ☺

[The Rodmiester]

hi rod. nice report and fab pictures. nice to see black hill crag from the summit of dunsinane. just back from climbing the crag again, someone was taking pictures of us. Would be great to see them, ryan pringle ☺

Hi Ryan, nice yo hear from you, any sign of a Bull or was its a load of Bull? Hope you had a good day at the crags, the last couple of weeks has made up for the rubbish Summer.

[summitchaser]

I never seen a bull at all. plenty kestrels though, Oh yeah the weather's turned finally hopefully get a decent week for once. Going to bag some more hills seen as it's so nice. dunsinane looks a nice walk up from Collace.

[Sgurr]

I still blush when I see this hill mentioned. A US tourist rushed into my shop just before I closed one day and demanded to be told the way to "Macbeth's Castle" . So what did I do? Directed him here (despite knowing about the possible bull). It was only when I was cycling home that I thought that tourists generally do not want to do things like this, and of course, he wanted to go to Cawdor. No amount of consoling myself that it was built many years after Macbeth's death, and Macbeth was only Thane of Cawdor according to a certain W. Shakespeare could really persuade me that I had done the right thing.

I hope that if he got here he had a lovely time standing and imagining Birnam Woods inching gradually towards him and that it didn't rain too much.

[The Rodmiester]

I still blush when I see this hill mentioned. A US tourist rushed into my shop just before I closed one day and demanded to be told the way to "Macbeth's Castle" . So what did I do? Directed him here (despite knowing about the possible bull). It was only when I was cycling home that I thought that tourists generally do not want to do things like this, and of course, he wanted to go to Cawdor. No amount of consoling myself that it was built many years after Macbeth's death, and Macbeth was only Thane of Cawdor according to a certain W. Shakespeare could really persuade me that I had done the right thing.

I hope that if he got here he had a lovely time standing and imagining Birnam Woods inching gradually towards him and that it didn't rain too much.

I wonder what he was thinking as he climbed up the first field, or did he back track after seeing the Bull sign I wonder if anybody on this site has seen this Bull

[superstar_tradesman]

I wonder if anybody on this site has seen this Bull

We saw him; he lives at Balloleys farm, and he's the size of a house

[The Rodmiester]

I wonder if anybody on this site has seen this Bull

We saw him; he lives at Balloleys farm, and he's the size of a house

Ha ha, first sighting in three years, nice one superstar-tradesman, now we know it does exist