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We walked Ladylea Hill first, starting from the track north east of the hill. There is parking here and a path leads off the track to a fence with a stile. Once over the stile we continued up the path and on to the summit, returning the same way.
1hr.
Drove round to Glenbuchat Castle for the walk up Ben Newe. We headed up passed the castle, which was fenced off due to safety reasons, to a track that lead to fields. We crossed the Sheep field and headed over to the tree line and followed the track up. A marker post lead into the trees which we took and soon reached a track but we decided to head back out and take the tree line to the summit. There were good paths leading from the summit, which looked a better route than this one. We returned down the north east ridge down some rough overgrown ground before walking through the Sheep and Cow fields and then the track back to the castle car park.
2Hrs.
Next hill was Tap o Noth, so headed up to Rhynie and along the road to the car park at the start of the walk. A path leads all the way to the summit which has the remains of a Fort which was the second highest Fort in Scotland. I think the highest one must be the one on Creag Ruadh at Kinnloch Laggan. We returned by same route.
1hr 30mins
