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On the Western side of Glen Lednock lie a series of small heathery hills (tumps) which make up for their small size by their steepness and character. I had traversed some of them the previous weekend but the boggy continuation to The Girron and St.Fillans by loch Boltachan was a bit long and dreary, so I looked for a slightly shorter circular walk.
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Main route in blue; descent and reascent in redI started where the "Comrie circular walk" crosses the road up the glen, walked up the path that crosses the zig zag track and just beyond the first gate headed Right up a grassy track between exclosures. Where this track went Left I carried on up a little gully to a flat area with better views of the first summit Sgorr Racaineach. A landrover track headed off L and as the direct ascent looked a bit daunting, I followed it for a couple of hundred metres befre heading Right. A roe deer dashed off ahead of me
StartSgorr Racaineach from near the startLooking across and up the glen from near the first gateUp the grassy trackThen this little gullyTo a flat areaSgorr RacaineachThis landrover track has clearly been here for some time but is not on any map Looking up the track to Chapel passI headed up here It still looks steep but a grassy gully just out of sight led easily up to the heathery plateau On the plateau of Sgorr RacaineachAll the heather on these hills seems "original": there is no sign of "muirburn" anywhere, but a faint path follows the high ground almost all the way - greatly easing progress
Summit cairn of Sgorr Racaineach (405m) looking on towards Crappich hill: beyond here the path drops slightly Left and climbs the ridge on the extreme left of the picture Looking back from the first cairn on Crappich hill Looking on along the path to the main top (443m)I decided to bypass the top of Am Binnein - just going over the shoulder and on up to Sgairneach Mor (490m)
Looking back from Sgairneach Mor- 2 hrs to here: Am Binnein is the rocky lump on the LeftWider view - Ben Chonzie back leftOn towards Creag Liath (499m) - Balnacoul castle behindOn the previous occasion i had continued on to the 499m summit of Creag Liath, but in order to progress , you have retrace your steps for some way along the deer fence, and cross to the North of the stock fence beyond
The stock fence and where the fences join Craig nan Eun left and Balnacoul castle come properly into view across a wide col: the forest comes right up to the ridge at this point Balnacoul Castle from near the bottom of the slightly boggy dip: there are several obvious paths on the slopeLooking back from near the topThe summit looking North to the reservoir and the Lawers group - 3 hours to hereLooking back againUnfortunately at this point one of my heels was very sore - still don't know why
I sat the summit for half an hour or so and then decided to head back to the car and return to complete the walk later. East of the summit there is a dip and another slight rise: a broad rocky ridge then descends quite steeply.
A slight rise beyond a dipLooking down the ridge - Ben Chonzie behindI descended to a flat section and then headed Right: I was a bit concerned that the descent might be quite steep and awkward, but a broad easy ramp apeared and I had no problem hobbling down
A path continued past the little building at Balnacoul, across the bridge, past West Ballindalloch and on thru fields south of East Ballindalloch to a gate on to the road
I headed right, when a broad easy ramp appearedDerelict buildings at West Ballindalloch 
I walked down the road but was soon offered a lift by a couple of lady munroists who were bagging the odd Corbett
- I forgot to ask whether they were Walkhighlanders
Main route in blue; descent and reascent in redA few days later I returned and parked at the roadhead carpark. Again I got a lift from someone who had just done Ben Chonzie
I returned the same way through the fields, over the bridge, up the ramp and the ridge to Balnacoul castle and "reset the clock"
Balnacoul castle from further down the road and from West BallindallochA view South from the ridgeAnd North to the reservoir and beyondApproaching the summit - another little path through the heatherLooking across to Craig nan Eun: the stock fence is right of centreCraig nan Eun summit - looking back to Balnacoul CastleLooking North over the 580m Wester summit to the Lawers groupI descended to the beallach climbed the North side of the stockfence, crossed through a gate where it went right and up to the 587m top.
Loch Boltachan from the wester summit - Ben More and Stobinian at the back North to the Tarmachan and Lawers hillsI then walked over to the Wester summit (1 hour from Balnacoul Castle) and descended roughly North West towards the obvious bridge over the river.
I headed straight for the bridgeOnce over the river it was a simple walk back to the car - another hour from the Wester top 