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I had no plans for a walk this morning but waking up to bright sunshine changed my mind so I got the damp boots (still to dry out properly from Friday's walk on Ben Klibreck) out the boiler room and headed for Backwater Reservoir.
A beautiful morning with some heat in the sun for what would be a very short walk. I parked at the reservoir car park where there is loads of room.
- Backwater Reservoir car park
Leaving the car park behind I followed the road over the dam with great views North up the loch.
- Creigh Hill from the road
I had read various reports about this hill but in the end I decided to just take the plodders route straight up the hill from the far end of the dam. Initially I followed the tree line up the hill and then round to the right slightly before leaving the trees behind and heading straight up the hill again. Halfway I crossed a fence and just continued straight up the hill sometimes following a narrow track, sometimes plodding through heather and sometimes walking through wet grass and a lot of thistles.
- Looking down to the reservoir
It took just over half an hour from the car park to the summit and with the sun shining and only a few clouds around the views were terrific.
- Loch of Lintrathen
- Looking down to Balintore Castle
- Summit cairn with Mount Blair in the background
- Looking down on Backwater Reservoir
I spent about 15 minutes at the top taking in the views before retracing my route back to the car only stopping for a couple of minutes on the dam road to take in the views .
- Creigh Hill from a few yards up the track on the West bank of Backwater Reservoir
It probably would have made sense to leave this hill for an after work walk or for the winter but that said I'm glad I did it on a good day to see the views from the top.