Ochil Hills is a range of hills north of Stirling. Their peaks are towering over three small cities: Alva, Tillicoultry and Dollar. From each of these cities you can access hills going through three picturesque valleys - either Alva Glen, Mills Glen in Tillicoultry ([ Ссылка ]) or Dollar Glen which we chose at this time. These valleys are all similar, yet distinctly unique. They all have a nice paths on steep sides of valleys and multiple waterfalls along the way. One of the features which makes the Dollar Glen different is the castle on the top of one of the lowest hills. It is an impressive 12th century fortress owned by Campbells, Earls of Argyll. It played an important role in introduction of reformation in Scotland, as Campbell was a leading protestant clan in Scotland, sheltering John Knox, famous Calvinist preacher. You can find his preaching pulpit in the castle's garden.
We visited Dollar to climb the King's Seat hill (650m), which towers over the castle, however due to time limitations (we had just little over 2 hours for it) we didn't quite manage to do it. In normal circumstances we would be able to do it easily, but we didn't expect the snow to be so deep, and as we came in the morning, it was not trodden yet, so we were walking in knee-deep fresh snow and that took more time than we expected. On the other hand, it made views beautiful and incredibly scenic, so we did not complain. We got to around 500m and turn back just in time to pick our daughter from her school with 5 minutes to spare.
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Music:
Guifrog - Beyond the warriors
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