Ott would be the first hill in what I hoped would be a good long day’s walking. I parked at the Blue Quarry/Ott carpark (J 280 279 A) and followed the Ott track SE. It was quite wet and boggy in places. After a few hundred metres I left the track and turned right uphill. Still warming up I found the ground and incline a little tough. However the summit arrived quickly and so did the cloud that I knew would follow me on and off all day. Ott provided a great warm up and, as Alex92 had previously said, there was no one else climbing it. Everyone else seemed to be skirting it on their way elsewhere. The cloud was engulfing me and clearing just as quickly, providing brief ethereal glimpses of Carn Mountain, Butter Mountain and the Spelga Dam. A black bag of rubbish east of the summit spoiled things somewhat-it was ripped and I could see a disposable barbecue, beer cans and food wrappers. Someone had carefully bagged up their rubbish before abandoning it on the Mountain. I wonder what they thought would happen to that bag-do the bin men drive their trucks up here?! I then left Ott and headed for Slieve Loughshannagh. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/461/comment/3381/

Starting from the Ott/Blue Quarry car park on the Moyad Road, there is a good track heading towards Ott. About halfway towards the summit, it veers towards the east, and I left the track there to continue in a southerly direction up the open hillside. All in all, its about a one kilometer walk from the car park to the summit cairn, with great views over the Fofanny and Spelga reservoirs. My first summit of six for the day, ending on Slieve Meelmore. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/461/comment/18668/