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But above the tea shops and hotels loom the first Munros, the schisty crags, and the heather.

ROUTE 1

Meal na Fearna to Ben Vorlich

Start/finishGlenartney church car park NN711161Distance26km/16.5 milesAscent1300m/4400ftApprox time9hrMax altitudeBen Vorlich 985mTerrainGrassy slopes, steep onto Ben Vorlich; some peat hags on Carn Labhruinn; small riverside paths and tracks

Omitting Ben Vorlich gives a walk of 23.5km and 900m ascent (15 miles/3000ft) – about 7½hr. Ben Vorlich can also be bagged on its own, by a long walk in up Gleann an Dubh Choirein: similar distance and ascent.

Meall na Fearna is a typical Perthshire Corbett. Once the peat hags are passed, it’s a high grassy ramble. Ben Vorlich then rises steep-sided and rather rocky, an intimidating hill from this angle. In this particular case, the Munro is indeed much more than the Corbett. You plunge into the steepness of the eastern slope, avoid almost all of the trodden highway rising from Loch Earn, and earn yourself a delightful grassy ridgeline for the descent.