Οι καλύτερες οικογενειακές πεζοπορίες Fintry

Dry conditions best as it’s steep!

Home to a compatriot of William Wallace. Very interesting Earthworks from 13th century fort with commanding views across the Carron Valley and towards Meikle Bin.

Carron Valley Reservoir is a scenic man-made lake in central Scotland, located about 30 miles northeast of Glasgow. It was built in the early 1930s as part of a hydroelectric power project. A flat tarmacked road follows the length of the reservoir and makes for a very scenic cycle.

Great coffee/cake/lunch stop

Descend line of fence posts, some marked by white ribbons just after (south) of path up to Meikle Bin. Recent forestry work (2023) make the start of the descent look like unpromising mess of waste wood. However the descent is pretty quick and mostly(?) rideable.

Route variation using alternative ascent towards Black Hill.

Just for information there is still extensive logging operations taking place on the South side of the reservoir. There are usually signs indicating No Through Road as tree felling in operation, however generally they can be navigated with care as long as Machine Operators indicate it is safe to do so.

Loads of the access roads are closed due to tree felling at the moment so you will have to find alternatives. Komoot re-routed me up a non-bikable trail full of thorny bramble jaggies.