Bits of the Rob Roy Way in the rain

A nice walk with good views, but lots and lots of walking on tarmac.

Between Ardeonaig and Acharn, it’s all tarmac, and more than half of the stretch between Killin and Ardenonaig. The walk comes into its own the most where it goes offroad, such as between Aberfoyle and Callander, Acharn and Aberfeldy, and Aberfeldy and Pitlochry.

There was a lot of rain, and no sunny pictures at all.

Highlights:

• A couple of cyclists invited us for a cup of coffee outside their holiday home in Acharn by the shore. We were sitting on garden and camping furniture with a poncho on when it started to rain.

• Aberfeldy Townhouse had exceptionally welcoming and just genuinely friendly staff and lovely food.

• The porridge with white chocolate and raspberry coulis has been the topic of many conversations since.

• The “Birks of Aberfeldy”, the falls of Moness, a gorge with cascading waterfalls, set in a birch woodland, which inspired Robert Burns to write song lyrics for an existing melody, naming the tune “The Birks of Aberfeldy”

• The Falls of Acharn and the hermit’s cave

• The houses along the southern shore of Loch Tay - many dreams have been built here with minimal planning restrictions it appears

• Queens Drive - a ridge walk with great views of Loch Tay.

• Being able to leave Edinburgh again and travel, a change of scene, doing a long walk

• Getting good use out of the ponchos

Small fishing lochan near Loch Venachar, lots of felled trees around here

Lochan

Lamb

Trees

French toast and a full cooked Scottish breakfast at the Waverley Hotel in Callander

Loch Tay and rain, view from Queen’s Drive

Old dead tree

Falls of Acharn

Eggs Benedict, Mr W’s second breakfast course, which followed the white chocolate porridge