A Walking Holiday on the Rob Roy Way
A walking holiday on the Rob Roy Way takes you through the Southern Highlands of Scotland and stunning loch side and hill country scenery, where the legendary outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor, roamed with his clansmen during the latter part of the 17th and early 18th Centuries
The Rob Roy Way begins at Drymen near the southern shores of Loch Lomond and the trail leads you through the heart of Rob Roy country, the beautiful Trossachs National Park, and finishes in the Highlands of Perthshire at Pitlochry
You walk woodland paths, through the beautiful Loch Ard Forest, and pass the lovely Lochs ~ Loch Venachar, Loch Lubnaig, Loch Earn and Loch Tay.You follow a favourite route of Queen Victoria to enjoy the views of the majestic slopes of Ben Lawers and Schiehallion, and descend past the breathtaking Falls of Moness to Aberfeldy, home of the ‘Birks of Aberfeldy’ immortalised by legendary Scottish poet Robert Burns
Centuries of Scotland’s turbulent history, the Jacobean rebellion, local clan feuds and, the background of Rob Roy’s stirring adventures, add to the appeal of this delightful walk
Your walk takes you to the charming town of Aberfoyle in the heart of the Trossachs, where Sir Walter Scott lived to research his novel ‘Rob Roy’ published in 1881. The area of Aberfoyle was home to Rob Roy and his wife for many years and nearby on Loch Ard is Rob Roys’ Cave, from where he is devised many of his plots as an outlaw. and you visit Balquidder church where he is buried
The latter stages of the Rob Roy Way move downstream of the River Tay to Strathtay, from where St Columba and St Cuthbert led missions in 6C bringing christianity Scotland, past Clachan an Diridh ancient four poster stone circle, to the journey’s end at the bustling Highland town of Pitlochry
The Rob Roy Way is an easy grade walk passing through some of Scotland’s most picturesque scenery, but avoiding some of the highest and most difficult terrain and primarily follows glens, forest tracks, past loch side trails and quiet roads and a few gentle slopes with memorable views of the surrounding mountains
There is around 20% of road walking on the Rob Roy way between the various stages. The roads are quiet and scenic and these sections not too tiresome.
