Walk 7

Saturday 4th October

Jock's Road

This walk is now on a reserve list, subject to a minimum of 8 an additional group will be put on.

Extremely Strenuous

Distance:  22km/13miles, 870m ascent
Start:  Royal Hotel, Blairgowrie. 08:30

Finish:  Auchallater 17:00.  Refreshments at Spittal Hotel.  Bus leaves for Blairgowrie 18:00
Limit: 12, minimum 8.
Notes: Extremely Strenuous.  Hillwalking gear required. Packed lunch (and snacks) required.

Maps: Landranger 43 & 44, Explorer 387 & 388

About the walk:  

With the exception of the Lairig Ghru this is probably the best-known hill track in Scotland. Starting in Glen Doll and finishing at Auchallater 22.4km (13.9ml) to the north, it gets as high as 953m. With transport arranged at each end, this is an ideal opportunity to tackle it.  Although it was an ancient right-of-way, access was blocked by a Victorian estate owner. (An all-to-familiar situation.) A determined Scot, John (Jock) Winter, supported by the Scottish Rights of Way Society, asserted his right to walk the route. The dispute went all the way to the House of Lords and was successful in 1888.