The Sidlaw Hills are a wonderful range to the north of Dundee in the east of Scotland and are an excellent adventuring ground. Balkello Hill is one of the highest …

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Location: Auchterhouse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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1. Craigowl Hill Summit – View from Auchterhouse Hill loop from Kirkton of Auchterhouse

7.46km

02:24

310m

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2. View of Strathmore Valley – View from Auchterhouse Hill loop from Kirkton of Auchterhouse

5.35km

01:42

220m

Intermediate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. View from Auchterhouse Hill loop from Kirkton of Auchterhouse

6.73km

02:05

250m

240m

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Lindsay Cameron

February 11, 2022

Another great viewpoint, and the memorial to Syd Scroggie, poet and hillwalker, who was blinded and lost a leg in World War II, but continued to walk Scotland's hills. In the words of his self-penned epitaph,
"Allaw these steens there lies a lad
Pech't oot an' fairly deen,
He gaed his ain gait a' his life
But whiles wi' ithers een."

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Location: Auchterhouse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Syd Scroggie Memorial, Balkello Hill

1. Craigowl Hill Summit – View from Auchterhouse Hill loop from Kirkton of Auchterhouse

2. View of Strathmore Valley – View from Auchterhouse Hill loop from Kirkton of Auchterhouse

3. View from Auchterhouse Hill loop from Kirkton of Auchterhouse

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