Drummond Hill

[highwaysmarsh]

The club walk was to Glen Lyon so I was looking to get a tick if I could. A quick check of the Marshalls list and the internet showed that Drummond hill would be possible. It is a hill I had looked at many times and wondered how it could be done . Fortunately Irene and John were willing to join me on a trip into the unknown as the hill is totally covered in trees, fortunately some of it natural forest. So the club bus dropped us off at the road to Comrie Castle just off the B846 and we walked down the side road to the car park at OS 487476.
We were immediately into the trees and after initially going north the forestry track veered round to a south westerly direction. As we had the day to fill in before being picked up by the bus we made a detour up to the mast shown on the map which led to a fine viewpoint over to Schiehallion and Dun Coillich, another Marshall for another day ( the Marshalls are Scottish hills between 1500 and 2000 ft with a drop all round of 150 mtrs, a subset of the Marilyns ).
After a futile attempt to follow the dyke along the crest of the hill, due to many fallen trees and thick afforestation we fought our way south to rejoin the forestry track.
This we followed for about 2.5 k where we decided there was no fire break in a suitable place and a GPS position and bearing were required. It was then a case of striking north east , steeply at first through the thankfully natural forest which made for reasonable walking. We shortly came to the aforementioned dyke and took another GPS reading before reaching the summit, a small cairn placed on the dyke at OS 749454. ( Note the true summit is not beside the trig point at OS 738454).
It was then a case of returning to the track and following its various zigs and zags down to Easter Auchtar and then to the Fortingall Hotel for a welcome refreshment before the club bus picked us up. A good walk , if you like walking among trees , but another tick all the same.

[Graeme D]

Firsthand information on this one is always useful!

[foggieclimber]

The viewpoint on this one is quite nice looking down to Loch Tay:


but the summit area involved crossing through fairly awful terrain (lots of fallen trees) which was swarming with flies.

Summit:


This was my route to the summit: click here