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I was staying at Mar Lodge but decided to drive east to an area I hadn't been to for some time to have a walk up Pressendye and Craiglich. I parked on the B9119, east of Tarland in a layby at the start to the drive up to Pett Farm. A cold wind was blowing from the north with a smirr of rain in it as I set off up the road to the farm. Through the farmyard, I continued up a rougher road, ignoring a turn-off to Pett North, to turn left on to another track at a black marker post. This wound pleasantly up through the woods with views of Morven off to the west. After a short time, I reached a junction of 3 tracks with a nearby wooden picnic bench - handy for a quick seat and drink. I followed the track to the left on a long straight followed by a bend up the hill, still in, by now, sparse woodland, past another picnic bench off to the left.
- Pressendye coming into view
Eventually, the hill came into view and the path became steeper following the line of a deer fence to the left but the summit was quickly reached where there was a handy shelter cairn to provide a break from the cold blasts of wind.
- The summit trig
From the summit, I could look over to Craiglich, my next objective.
- Craiglich from Pressendye