Walk 3    Saturday 29th September 2007

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Walk 9    Sunday 30th September 2007

Big Tree Country Information Note

Guided tour round the Big Tree country at Birnam

Easy

Distance: 6km/4 miles.
Start: Bus Royal Hotel, Blairgowrie at 09:15, for Birnam at 10:00
Finish: Birnam at 15:00 for refreshments.  Bus leaves for Blairgowrie at 15:45.
Limit: 20
Notes: 150m total ascent. Stout walking footwear and waterproofs.  Packed lunch required

Maps: Landranger 53, Explorer 379

About the walk:

Starting in Birnam at the site of the last remnant of the wood that proved Macbeth's undoing (according to Shakespeare), this walk is an excellent introduction to many of the Heritage Trees at the heart of Perthshire Big Tree Country.  The route follows the River Tay and its tributary, the Braan up to the Hermitage.  On the way it passes through the hamlet of Inver, birthplace of one of Scotland's finest composers of fiddle tunes and reels, Neil Gow.