easy to follow step by step instructions on all walks, take a printed copy with you

THIS WALK 7 MILES AND ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT

The Clunie Walk from Pitlochry

allow a minimum of 3 - 4 hrs.

*THIS WALK FOLLOWS THE BROWN WAYMARKERS*
"Directions"

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 11/2 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 walk starts in the back right hand corner of the rear car park

"The Walk"
 

Dont Get Lost    PRINT-VERSION-HERE  Take A Copy With You

Leave the car park and walk through Bobbin Mill Wood following the brown waymarkers,
there once was a mill here producing bobbins for the jute trade, you soon come out to a road cross 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 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)

After a while you will pass the impressive group of standing stones known as Clachan an Diridh on the right,
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

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
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
AGAIN PLEASE TAKE GREAT CARE CROSSING THIS VERY BUSY ROAD 70 MPH +
then retrace your steps back to your car,

**For Disabled Or Less Agile Ramblers**

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

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It's Our Secret

This is one of a series of walks taken from the Pitlochry Walks leaflet. All are well signed and are along safe and established paths. 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.
 

Scotland’s History in a nut shell

The people who inhabited Scotland in 100 AD, at the time of the Romans, were known as 'Picti' (Picts) the painted people. Little is known of the Picts except for the many standing stones they have left behind and can be seen all over Scotland today (see Places to Visit). On the Black Isle just north of Inverness, there is Groam House Museum which has a lot of information on the Picts and their superbly elaborate stone work.

In 500AD the Scots arrived from Ireland, establishing their first capital at Dunadd, in the Kilmartin Glen just south of Oban which you can still visit today. (see Oban, Places to Visit).

In the 9th century Kenneth Mac Alpine, the King of the Scots at Dunadd also became King of the Picts, ruling over central and northern Scotland.

The origins of the present day Scotland date back to 1034 when King Malcolm II was known as "King of Scotia", ruling over the whole of what we know as Scotland today.

In the 1290's Edward I of England conquered Scotland which lead to the struggle under William Wallace clearly depicted in the film "Brave Heart". Later Robert the Bruce continued the fight eventually gaining Scotland its freedom. The Stirling area has a lot to see on Scotland's Wars of Independence in the 13th century.

The Declaration of Arbroath in April 1320 stated "For as long as one hundred of us shall remain alive we shall never in wise consent to submit to the rule of the English, for it is not for glory we fight, for riches, or for honours, but for freedom alone, which no good man loses but with his life." This was the first time in history where freedom is mentioned, not in terms of an individual's freedom, but that of a nation.

The struggles with England continued continued until the death of Elizabeth I, July 1603 when James VI of Scotland became James I of England, King of two separate nations each with separate parliaments.

Then comes the period which has been much written and sung about with many stories and myths created as a result. The Jacobite Period.

Who were the Jacobites? They were the supporters of the exiled Stuart Kings in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Call Jacobite after 'Jacobus' the Latin version of the name James the name of the first of two 'Kings over the water.' The Jacobite period began with the flight of King James II of England and the VII of Scotland in 1688 to France and ends in 1746 with the Battle of Culloden (the last battle fought on British soil) and the defeat of Bonnie Prince Charlie, the end of the 45 rebellion.

It was not until 1707 that the two parliaments combined to form the largest free trading block in Europe. There was celebrations in England and rioting in Scotland.

It was not until 1999 that Scotland once again had its own parliament, this time as part of the United Kingdom within the European Economic Community