Hills of Highland Perthshire are big – Ben Lawers failing by only a couple of small schist boulders to reach the 4000ft level.
From Schiehallion to Atholl, from Rannoch to Ben Vrackie, there are a lot of them, and the bigness, but not the solitude, apply to Perthshire’s two popular mountains.

Being at the eastern side of the Highlands, Perthshire has rather more sunshine and a bit less rain, thus its valleys can be pleasingly bog-free.

The Tarmachan Ridge is the narrowest mountain ridge in Perthshire, a shapely range of hills situated on the nothern side of Loch Tay in the Central Highlands of Scotland, and it offers  some great views, specially in wolking,  the most memorable aspect was the great views along the ridge, with the clouds swirled around with misty air.

The rocky Tarmachan Ridge is situated just west of the largely grassy Ben Lawers Massif – an interesting contrast in terrain, whilst for one of the best long distance views of the Tarmachan Ridge, it should be considered from north, through Glen Ogle (just west of Lochearnhead): at the head of the glen, on a clear day, the Tarmachan Ridge and Ben Lawers burst into view, and this is skyline drama on an epic scale.

Some 1300 hectares of The Tarmachan Range is in the care of the National Trust for Scotland and forms part of the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve.

My watercolor portrait Tarmachans in the mist and twirling clouds, and I focused on rendering cluds wildy twisting in the sky.