Creagan Feadaire

The walk up Creagan Feadaire from Pitlochry is a proper little lung-buster, but you get proper views for your effort. It's not a massive peak - more a steep hill, really - but the ridge itself is dramatic enough, with the landscape opening out as you gain height. The approach from Pitlochry town takes you through woodland before the terrain gets serious, and once you're up there the Tay Valley spreads beneath you like a map. On a clear day you can see right across to the bigger mountains. Count on two to three hours for the round trip depending on your fitness, which makes it ideal if you're based at one of the nearby campsites - Grandtully Station Campsite is barely a mile and a half away, and Faskally Woods Holiday Park is just down the road too. Families with older kids will find it rewarding rather than gruelling. Younger ones might struggle with the steeper sections, though. The summit itself is windswept and spare - no cafe, no facilities - so bring water and something to eat. It's free, obviously, being a hill. Best visited in the drier months when the paths aren't waterlogged; in wet conditions it can turn into a genuine slog. As part of a wider Pitlochry holiday, mixing this with easier riverside walks and the town itself gives you proper variety without feeling like you're grafting every single day.