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
 

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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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