Blairgowrie & East Perthshire

Walking Festival

2nd October - 4th October 2010

Royal Hotel Blairgowrie

Strathmore & The Glens Rural Partnership

Caenlochan Glen with Glas Maol (l) and Cairn of Claise (c) from Monega Hill

(walk 6 on the 2009 Festival)

Site updated 26th July

On Sunday evening 3rd October at 8:00pm in the Royal Hotel  we have an illustrated talk by renowned Mountaineer and Author Hamish Brown.  Tickets £4, available at Blairgowrie Library or at the door.

Some of the walks are now getting full, with limited availability.  Please go to the Schedule Page for details.

Come and visit this iconic part of Tayside and the Southern Cairngorm National Park.  With 6 new walks, and ranging from easy low level walks to long distance high level drove roads, reaching Munros, Corbetts and other hills.  As part of the 'Cateran' country we have included again some of the more interesting sections of this uniquely circular web of  routes.  There is something here for  everyone.

Information on each of the walks is found by clicking on each named link in the Schedule/Booking Form.

The festival is organised on a voluntary basis by 

Blairgowrie and District Next Steps, supported by

NSC Outdoor Adventures.

Thanks go to the landowners, farmers and estates whose land we will visit, and not least all the various volunteers, leaders and expert guides who will accompany you, and also Iain McLean of the Royal Hotel.

Accommodation in the area can be found through the Blairgowrie and East Perthshire Tourist Association Website or the Tourist Information Centre.  If you can't make this year's event then similar walks, training, and other opportunities are available throughout the year by visiting  Outdoor Adventures.

Other walking sites that may be of interest are:

Angus Glens Walking Festival

Outdoor Angus

Glen Trek

Drover's Tryst

 

 

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