Obney Hill

Balhomish

Obney Hill is a tremendous viewpoint high above Dunkeld on the Murthly estate. On a scorching hot day my wife and I parked on the A822 just before Rumbling Bridge, and followed the estate road towards Balhomish Farm, signposted as footpath route "Bankfoot via Glen Garr".

We left the track to Balhomish and took the footpath through Glen Garr, which was an unexpected delight. Glenn Garr is a steeply sided gash through the hills which is an old right-of-way. It's a beautiful, and lonely place; we didn't see a soul, as we waded through the high bracken on the overgrown path through the glen. As we reached the south of the glen we followed a feint track up towards the summit of the hill. This path soon disappeared under the rampant vegetation, leaving us fighting through the head-high ferns, prickly gorse all on steeply rising ground. Eventually we broke through the overgrowth, and burst out into the glorious views of the upper reaches of Obney.

We opted for the straightforward descent down to Balhomish, following the signs around the farm, and back to the car down the estate road. Our children are (at last!) old enough to stay at home on their own and release us back into the wild, and onto Dunkeld for coffee and cake at the deli!