A walk up to Smarts Cairn
Still in lockdown, and with the current guidance of 'remain local' for walks, I packed a lunch and with the dogs in the car, we headed up to the nearby Finella Forest. This is a massive wood and has a number of really good options for walking. I've never been to Smarts Cairn. It's a very old pile of rocks within a forested hill summit. According to my GPS, it's about 4.5miles, 1263' of ascent, 1247' descent, and reaches a max hight of 1196'. A tough hilly root using rough mountain bike type tracks. ' Parked the car at the remote spot a mile or so from the Fettercairn Road. A distant Garvock Hill. Laurencekirk Slightly hazy, but could easily make out Craigowl in the Sidlaws above Dundee. The forest tracks gain a good bit of height. Left the main track onto a faint dirt track. This was a real steep grunt in amongst the trees. Looking back down. Finally spotted the pile of stones which forms Smarts Cairn. The national record of Scottish Heritage gives ...