Lundie Craigs

24 November 2017.

Participants: Just me

Where: Lundie Craigs (Sidlaws), 353m/1158', Hump, OS 53, NO 281 378

 

I was in Dundee for a couple of days at the Mountain Film Festival. I parked at the Lairds Loch car park at Tullybaccart, the highest point of the Dundee to Coupar Angus road. A track went most of the way. After about a mile it reached the grassy dam of the Ledcrieff Loch and from where the crags came into view.....

 

 

It was a pleasant walk through the forest.....

 

 

and there was a signpost to make sure that  didn't get lost..... 

 

 

Now I was up on the moorland and the clouds were closing in, it looked like I was in for a snow shower.....

 

 

I was now on a path which went to a transmitter mast with the trig only a short distance away. The shower was coming in fast so I hurriedly took a few pictures from the highest point. This is looking east over the Long Loch with Craigowl on the right and Kinpurney Hill above Meigle on the left with it's summit tower showing clearly.....

 

 

looking along the crags back to Ledcrieff Loch. It's an impressive escarpment especially in a range of low lying, grassy hills......

 

 

Over the Tay to Fife as he snow started to fall.....

 

 

Not only was it now snowing but there was a strong wind blowing and it was bitterly cold so I didn't linger. Of course, it was clearing up as I went down; Ledcrieff Loch was looking more wintry as I passed by.....

 

 

and there was a reasonable view over Strathmore to the Grampians from lower down.....

 

 

Then the cloud cleared completely and the sun came out- pity that I was back at the car when this happened. I still had an hour or so to spare so I went to see Lairds Loch, what a great spot.....

 

 

And this is the view of Lundie Craigs that I got from the road on the way back to Dundee....

 

 

This is a fine area that I must explore further. There are lots of Tumps hereabouts and not too much forestry.