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Loch Tay to Strathtay

Thu, 29/06/2006 - 19:32 — CmdrGravy

Route Facts: 25 miles, 0 traffic free
Profile: Quiet backroads with some steep climbs

Route

The route begins leaving Killin and following the East side of the Loch down a fairly quiet, but by all accounts fairly hilly road.

There are a few small settlements we will pass through en-route which should be able to keep us supplied with cups of tea and cakes. Somewhere between Ardtainaig and Acharn is the cave used in Monty Python and the Holy Grail although its exact location is hard to determine on the web it may be worth a quick look around for.

At the head of loch we pass through Kenmore and follow the river Tay past Aberfeldy into Strathtay where we finish for the day.

Roadside Attractions

At Acharn there are two attractions, Croft-na-Caber which is a watersports centre and may be able to rent us a boat for a wee sail around the loch and also the Scottish Crannog Centre which is a replica of an ancient Scottish form of dwelling known as a crannog. This is basically a small round wooden house built on an artificial lake but around this they have a lot of information about the way of life of the people who used to live like this and it is generally supposed to be very interesting.

{{flickr_m:219301561}}Crannog CentreIn Aberfeldy is the Dewars World Of Whisky distillery which sounds like it may well be worth a look and intriguingly a short detour from Kenmore is the "Tullochville Heavy Horse Centre" which is possibly a fascinating place to visit.

Where to Stay

There are a few bunkhouses in the vicinity of Strathtay which are all run along similarly cheap and cheerful lines. There is the Adventurers Escape above Weem and Glassie Farm Bunkhouse whos ( website is currently unavailable ).

We saw a hotel in Strathtay and there is a B&B in Balbegan ( a bit further down the road from Strathtay ).

Pitlochry is probably the best bet for accomodation since it has an awful lot of hotels, B&B's and a hostel and plenty of places to eat but this is an extra 7-8 miles from Strathtay.

Where to Eat

Croft-na-Caber have an excellent little cafe which sells, lovely cakes, fruit, snacks and hot drinks.

There are a few shops in Kenmore and in Aberfeldy there is the Aberfeldy Watermill which, as well as selling books, has a highly recommended coffee shop and cafe. Aberfeldy is a short detour from the main route.

Around Strathtay its self there is really not a lot of places to eat, there is a hotel which does evening meals and a shop which sells snacks and things. It may be a sensible plan to do as we did and push on to Pitlochry where there is a much wider variety of food or if you stay in one of the self catering bunkhouses to stock up on food in either Killin or Kenmore. Killin has a large Spar so there is probably more choice there than in Kenmore.

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