For those of you who haven't been up there for years, or not at all, this is "The Pinnacle", a non-descript stone cairn which has nevertheless been a popular viewpoint to climb to for at least 80 (according to old photographs) and perhaps even for a lot longer..


The view on a good day is quite stunning for only a 400 metre climb and more than repays the effort.  An hour takes you there from the centre of the village.

This is an easy one to climb to, involving no more than a stroll up to the top of the Main Street then take a few paces through the small gate on your right.  The view stretches across the Beild farmland, past Piperland and Thornhill to Ben Ledi 12 miles away just beyond Callander.   To the left are signs that the old footpath leading down to Leckie Road and originally across the fields to Kepdarroch has been explored.  There are moves afoot to resurrect it.

The conversion of Watson House into luxury flats is now complete and looks a picture now with its stonework as clean and new-looking as it surely was in 1830 when it was built for the Moirs.

This view looks over the Community Centre, once the Primary School, and past the Fleuchams to the Ochils and the Wallace Monument.

The building on the left is the crow-stepped Ardleckie, built a few years ago.

A wintry scene down at the Square, taken from the old 18th century bridge over the Gargunnock Burn, in the Main Street

A sunnier view of the prettiest block of houses in the village.
From the left, McNair House, Glenfoyle Cottage and Trelawney Cottage.


Glenfoyle Cottage is named after the old distillery near  Dasherhead Farm and recently Tesco have been selling a whisky of that name so I just had to purchase a bottle for old times sake!

Another view of the square showing three of the roads which meet there, Main Street, Leckie Road and Station Road.

There are more panoramas, about 20 in all, and if you would like a look at the catalogue locally contact me..  They look particularly good in a 600mm (24") wide frame.  (For the technically minded they're all about 4000 to 5000 pixels wide so the quality is good.)