Drummond Hill Kenmore, well maybe a bit of it.

This has got to be the worst summer for many a year in Scotland, would it be too much to waken up to a blue sky?
Today was typical, according to the BBC app website it was rain from midday for about 5-6 hours. Well at 8am it was belting down so was the forecast rain arriving early and would it be a nice afternoon? Exactly right, this stuff was the bonus. It did dry up for an hour or so mid morning the the forecast got it right, the joys of summertime here.
Our original plan was another Corbett but no point in climbing and not seeing anything so a lower option was agreed much to Mrs B's delight.
At the carpark a very light drizzle arrived just as we started but off we went. According to the sign planner there are 3 recommended walks and we opted for the longest white route, time 2-4 hours.

Nice waymarkers..wild boars never saw any

A short uphill walk through a natural forest full of oak, beech and Scots pine was pleasant enough but soon this turned into the typical forestry plantation, lots of trees, darkness beyond and minimal wildlife, not really my ideal walk.
We decided to walk the white route in an anti clockwise direction and after we crossed over the blue/red routes we climbed again through a slightly deforested area. This was to provide one of the very few views of the day and the non pleasurable bonus was that we gathered a swarm of flies that never left us for another half an hour but seemed a lot longer as they buzzed around our faces. The joys of walking through trees on a damp humid day.

The flies joined us here

We had not brought the leaflet so at a junction we opted to take the fork climbing to the left thinking this would take us around the top and back towards the viewpoint, of course this was the wrong thing to do. A good stiff climb got us some exercise and some sweat which pleased the flies even more. We reached the radar/telephone mast to find the track petered out and returning was the only option. An hour into the walk.
The flies were now multiplying, the rain was getting heavier so we decided to just go back down and then just walk along to the 'Black rock' viewpoint. Another hour or so of tedious forest track with no views, swarmed by flies was not appealing so down we went.
Bird-life was minimal, plenty of wrens and robins and some wood pigeons were all that was to be seen.

A typical track

After we descended past the deforestation the flies disappeared, maybe they don't like natural woodlands. Along another viewless track we came to the Black rock viewpoint which on a nice day would give excellent views of Kenmore and Loch Tay but of course today was not that day and all we got was a grey misty vista with glimpses of what might have been.

Kenmore & Loch Tay just visible

On the last stretch we spotted a song thrush breaking into a snail shell for it's lunch and a female crossbill high in the pines.
There are options to continue the walk but it looked much of the same and we had had enough of this terrain and weather so headed back to the car and comfort of food at the Kenmore resort.
As we left there the heavens opened to bring the heaviest rain of the day, at least we escaped that!!
Anyone for Tenerife?