Druim Dearg

The walk up Druim Dearg is what Perthshire does best - a proper hill with enough grunt to feel earned but not so brutal that you're cursing every step. From Blairgowrie, it's easily reached and rewards you with views across the Tay Valley that make the climb entirely worthwhile.

It's a straightforward ascent through moorland, the kind of walk where you can feel the landscape opening up as you gain height. The peak itself isn't dramatic - no jagged ridge or summit cairn theatre - but that's rather the point. This is honest Scottish hill walking without the crowds you'd find on Ben Vrackie or Schiehallion. On a clear day you're looking across Perthshire's rolling terrain, which beats a postcard any day.

The walk suits anyone with reasonable fitness who wants an afternoon sortie rather than a full day's expedition. Families with older kids will manage it fine. Walkers based at Glenshee Glamping or Nethercraig Holiday Park, both within five miles, should absolutely make this part of their itinerary - it's the sort of local knowledge that makes a park holiday proper rather than just somewhere to park the caravan.

Allow two to three hours there and back depending on your pace. The going underfoot is decent most times, though it can get boggy after rain. Free to walk, naturally. Go midweek if you can - weekends bring the hikers out, and half the appeal of Druim Dearg is its relative peace.