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Great Trossachs Path: 4 – Ancient woodland, Roman forts and saintly mounds

6.91 miles 3h 44m ascent 233m Glen Finglas Visitor Centre-Callander A great walk. Autumn colours, good paths through woodland and moor, with views down to Loch Venachar, a disused railway through the farmland and marshes of Leny Meadows to end … Continue reading

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Great Trossachs Path: 3 – Twa Brigs, Forestry and Goats

5.56 miles 2h 31m ascent 178m Trossachs Pier-Glen Finglas Visitor Centre “There is no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing” Alfred Wainwright Wet ground, wet air, wet shoes, wet jacket, and wet hair. Constant rain, heavy to start … Continue reading

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Great Trossachs Path: 1 – Glen Arklet, the Garrison and Inversnaid Falls

10.21 miles 5h 7m ascent 359m Stronachlochar-Inversnaid (and back) What would the world be, once bereftOf wet and of wildness? Let them be left,O let them be left, wildness and wet;Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. Gerard Manley … Continue reading

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Loch Katrine – the scenery of a fairy dream

13.4 miles 5h 25m ascent 373m Strochanlachar-Trossachs Pier Loch Katrine was gouged by glaciers during the last ice age, named for the ceathairne, highland robbers such as Rob Roy MacGregor who stalked its surroundings, and co-opted by Victorian engineers, who … Continue reading

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