Meall Odhar 406m

We drove out on the Rogart road this morning, passing Glen House at the top of Dunrobin Glen where the heather on the hills above the property is almost in full bloom, and talked wistfully of climbing to the top of one of the hills like we used to, but now hesitate to attempt because we just aren't as nimble as we once were. We were on our way to the....

....croft at Farlary where the owner has developed his land with landscaping, tree planting, and the sort of paths and benches which we now so appreciate, and made it open to all - though when we go there, as today, we see no-one else.

We didn't follow our usual route around the lower part of his land but headed straight up hill, with increasingly wide views across the surrounding countryside. The paths remained....

....good, and as we climbed we approached the wind turbines of Kilbraur wind farm. We kept going up until we found....

....a gate which led from the forestry out on to open land, where we assumed that the tracks, and therefore our progress, would end, but to our surprise we found that the landowner has laid....

....slabs which enabled us to climb higher, and we suddenly realised that we might, after all, reach the top of a ben.

It was some distance, and we kept stopping to catch our breath and to debate whether we had the juice to make the top, but we persisted....

....finally reaching the summit where, typically of him, the crofter has built a stone seat where we could sit and enjoy the view.

The ben is Meall Odhar, which means dun-coloured, pale or yellow, not an exciting name, any more than its height, 406m, but we obtained immense pleasure from reaching its summit.

The croft has a cottage to rent - link here.