Driesh & Mayer

Saturday 7th November 2015

A trip to Scotland with my son and his pals was a rare treat - They had all watched Saturday afternoon football on Sky TV and vowed to have a weekend at the home of the team that scored the first 3pm goal of the season. Their wait was soon over with a group question "Where's Forfar Athletic".. So the weekend was arranged and I took the opportunity to walk in an area that I've never been to before and what a fantastic walk it was. The young uns went to see Forfar on the Saturday afternoon and we all joined up for a night out in Kirriemuir later on.

I'd heard that Glen Clova was a lovely place to walk, so was quite excited about that and to also bag a couple of Munro's as well. As for the walk, I parked up at the Forrestry Commission car park at Glen Doll and had a wonderful ascent up through the picturesque Corrie Fee which then led up to the extensive rolling plateau above and a visit to the summits of Mayar and Driesh. The descent was on the excellent Kilbo path back to Glendoll forest at the head of Glen Clova.

I looked out for Golden eagles and other birds of prey - but didn't see any I'm afraid

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Distance: 9.8 miles

Duration: 5:45 hours

Ascent: 2948 ft

Difficulty: Hard/Moderate

Accompanied By: On my Own

Weather: Drizzle & Cloudy

3D outline of route

Parking

Crossing the White Water

Leaving the Glen Doll forest, the magnificent bowl shape of the corrie is suddenly revealed, with a fine waterfall at the back. The Corrie Fee is a National Nature Reserve - it's a bit like the land that time forgot - I looked all round continuously looking for Golden Eagles, apparently they nest on the high sides

A well made path follows round the side of the Corrie as I near the Waterfall

Damp and misty but still impressive

Looking back at the route taken so far

The ascent eases as I head for the summit of Mayer

Bit of a cloud inversion as I pass the fantastically named 'Shank of Drumfollow' - nearly at Driesh now

Looking down towards the Glendoll forest as I start to descend down the Shank of Drumfollow

Now on the Kilbo path and almost at the Burn of Kilbo.

Driesh from the front

Lovely gentle walk through the forest back to the car.

Across the White Water again

All done - One last photo of Driesh before I set off back for a wild night out in Kirriemuir with the boys - Wonder how the Forfar match was ? Hope they won. Cracking day for me though