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allow a minimum of 3 - 4 hrs
This Walk Follows The BROWN Waymarkers
Directions to get here
By road
Take the A9 north from Perth > ( easily accessible by well signposted trunk routes
from
Glasgow Stirling
> Edinburgh
and Dundee ) or south from Inverness
The slip road to Pitlochry is well signposted 24 miles north of Perth
From Aberdeen take the scenic A93 through Royal Deeside > then
the
A924 south of Glenshee
> at Bridge of
Cally, straight into town
By rail
Regular train services run to Pitlochry station from all Scottish cities
There is also a daily service from London Kings Cross >
By coach
Comfortable express coaches link Pitlochry with every main town and city in the UK
An extensive network of services is operated by National Express > and Citylink >
By air
Edinburgh > and Glasgow Airports > each have over 60 arrivals per day from UK
European and Transatlantic airports. Pitlochry is then between 1.1/2 and 2 hours
drive from these airports following the road instructions above
PARKING
Start
& Finish Point Ferry Road Car Park
Pitlochry ( pay & display )
turn in ferry road opposite the Tourist information centre > go through the traffic lights
car
parks are on the right
The
Walk
Dont Get Lost Take A Copy With You
UK
Weather
>
The walk starts in the back right hand corner of the rear car park
leave the car park and walk through Bobbin Mill Wood following the brown waymarkers
there
once was a mill here producing bobbins for thejute
trade >
you
soon come out to a road cross over follow signs
cross the River Tummel by the Port-na-Craig > suspension bridge and continue up the little road
opposite the entrance to the Pitlochry Festival Theatre > car park go through
the
gate onto the grass verge of the busy A9 bypass
Please Please Take
Great Care Crossing This Very Busy Road Cars Going 70 MPH +
take the farm road opposite follow the signs and continue up the hill past Middleton of Fonab Farm
past the huge boulder ( picture below ) further up turn left and through the gate into Fonab Forest ( picture below )
carry
on through the forest, walking round the hill called Carra Beag ( little
rock or pillar )
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these stones have stood here for around 4000 years, they have an atmosphere all of there own
after this watch for a road on the RIGHT turn right here there is a waymarker, walk on till you come to a fence
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this
is where you leave the forest and come out onto open heather moorland
take the path straight on, the path eventually swings north east and re-enters the forest and
follow the meandering path it twists back on
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its
self twice to avoid crags, then descending to join the the path near the
Fonab
Forest >
Sign
go down past the huge boulder past the farm
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Again Please Take
Great Care Crossing This Very Busy Road Cars Going 70 MPH +
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then
retrace your steps back to your car
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For
Disabled Or Less Agile Ramblers
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This
walk is steep and over uneven paths and may not be accessable to all
However
there are 7 waymarked walks in and around Pitlochry
call into the tourist information at the beginning of the Main street
for
details of the other walks
Want
to see more Mushrooms don't tell anyone else where they are it's our secret
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The Pitlochry Walks leaflet with maps and details on each of the walks can be obtain from the
Tourist
Information Centre, the Boat station and some shops in Pitlochry
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