The shores of Loch Katrine
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"Glasgow's water supply in the heart of the Trossachs"
Walk directions
From the car park follow the road back towards the B829 and take the second turning on the left. This is an access road for Scottish Water vehicles only. Continue along the access road until you come to a cattle grid with green gateposts at the building known as Royal Cottage. Turn right just before this on to a rough gravel track that heads through some dense bracken.
As the path emerges on to open hillside you will see the first of several ventilation shafts and beyond it, on the hill, a strange obelisk. Follow the path along this line. When you reach the obelisk, be sure to look back for a magnificent view over Loch Katrine below and across to the hills with their narrow passes. This is where Rob Roy and his men moved from Loch Katrine to Balquhidder and beyond, moving cattle or escaping from the forces of law and order. Continue following the line of the ventilation shafts towards a chimney-like structure on top of a hill. Skirt this hill to the right on an obvious forestry track then go through a gate in a deer fence.
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Terrain
- Water board roads, hill tracks
Landscape
- Hills, woodland, lochs and heather
Dog friendliness
- Keep on lead near loch and livestock
Parking
- Car park at Stronachlachar Pier
Toilets en route
- At car park
About the walk
Loch Katrine takes its name from the Gaelic cateran, a Highland robber - a fitting place then for the birthplace of Rob Roy MacGregor, the bandit, who was born at Glengyle at the western end of the loch. This is the heart of MacGregor country and a clan graveyard lies near the head of the loch. Rob...
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