Around January I discovered a new walk near Dunkeld that quickly became a favourite way to spend a weekend afternoon. Starting from the Pass of Birnam, head up the track from Bee Cottage and turn left to go around the south side of Duncan’s Hill then rejoin the path up to Stair Bridge Viewpoint and the top of Birnam Hill.
As routes go, it gives a mixture of sheltered woodland tracks and sweeping landscape views, complete with my favourite feature – you can watch the rocks changing from till to slate to psammite and semi-pelite as you cross the Highland Boundary Fault. Small wonder I’ve done it half a dozen times dragging various folks along with me, gradually exploring further each time as the winter receded.
These photos are from an experiment with a Prakticar 24mm lens (M42 fit) – acquired for cheap from ebay and stuck on a wonky adapter which might explain some focussing issues. Several of them depict the line of the HBF through the landscape, with hills on one side in the Highlands and on the other in the Lowlands.
Strolling on bright sunshine and cold snow - what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon?
Melt and freeze, melt and freeze, melt and get trodden on, freeze. Closeup of a boot-print in snow-covered ice.
A view from Birnam Hill looking East: to the left, Newtyle Hill in the Highlands; along the base of the hill is the Highland Boundary Fault line.
Old lens, dodgy adapter.
I discovered a new walk, a fine combination of landscape and forestry and hills. On the right, covered in trees, is Duncan's Hill, on the south of the Highland Boundary Fault; the path leads around into the distance, though some forestry, during which the rock changes as it crosses the fault; the distant snowy hills (Birnam Hill) are across the Fault in the Highlands.
I discovered a new walk, a fine combination of landscape and forestry and hills. On the right, covered in trees, is Duncan's Hill, on the south of the Highland Boundary Fault; the path leads around into the distance, though some forestry, during which the rock changes as it crosses the fault; the distant snowy hills (Birnam Hill) are across the Fault in the Highlands.
Melt and freeze, melt and freeze, melt and get trodden on, freeze. Closeup of a boot-print in snow-covered ice.
Strolling on bright sunshine and cold snow - what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon?
