Map 9 – Glen Almond to Dalrannoch





















After 4 ½ miles the track turns into a path and a further mile or so on from here there is an old Scottish Rights of Way sign indicating a path across the River Almond and up over the hills out of Glen Almond to Invergeldie. When I put this website together neither the bridge nor the path now existed, I am now informed the bridge is in place.  However, there is an easy crossing of the River Almond about 100 metres west of the broken bridge.  From here make your way (there is no path) east, back along the south bank of the river for a few hundred metres then head up the steep slope to your right, trying to follow as many sheep tracks as you can. The going is very tough; the heather is thick and it is boggy underfoot. Keep Carn Buidie on your right at all times and take a compass/GPS bearing if the cloud is low. Eventually after a tough 1 ½ mile climb you will come across peat built shooting butts. The top of the climb turns into a series of deep peat gullies. On a clear day Ben Chonzie can be seen about a mile to the east. On a cloudy day you might come across some magnificent red deer hiding, as I did. Make your way through these and eventually you will find a very short steep descent to the Invergeldie Burn. Here you will pick up a rough tack. Follow this for about 2 miles where it meets another track descending from Creag Gharbh. Turn right and and follow the track into the small homestead of Invergeldie. Take the road south towards Comrie and follow this for about a mile. Just past Funtulich house, on the left, there is a way marker to the ‘monument’ via the ‘shaky bridge’. Take this track (which after a mile and a half turns into an illdefined path) until you reach Lurg Burn. Cross the burn at map ref: 757256. High up to the left is Cowden Knowe, where you might see Red Kite and Buzzard soaring on thermals.   On the other side, the path cuts through a dry stone wall and up onto a well-defined track/road. Follow this for just over 2 miles until you reach the A 85; the ‘monument’ is on a little hill to the right just before this road.  Take a right and follow the A85 into Comrie. Continue through the village until you see a road sign for Dalrannoch. Take a left here crossing a stone bridge over the River Earn. As you walk out of the village you will pass the ‘Earthquake House’ on your right. Continue to follow this road for another 1 ½ miles until you reach Dalrannoch, a farm with circular building know as a gin. From here take the track past the farm west into Glen Artney; you will see the beautiful Water of Ruchill down to your left. This track can be wet and boggy and as it enters the woods turns into a path.