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I walked this route yesterday. Good route, easy to find and follow. Don't miss the standing stones at the highest point and take care xrossing the A9.

Nice walk. I have walked it several times , always in Autumn and it can be pretty muddy.
Quite steep path down into Pitlochry but very pretty. Plenty opportunity for coffee/cake when you arrive there!.

This is an excellent route, correctly mapped on Slowways, and signposted / waymarked all the way. It is part of the Rob Roy Way. I've not given it 5 stars, as parts were very muddy, but I did walk it in early March. Between Aberfeldy and Grandtully the route may be accessible for off road wheelers, but between Strathtay and Pitlochry the route is suitable for walkers only, being narrow (especially at a deer fence kissing gate), rough, fairly steep, and muddy.

The route leaves Aberfeldy on a pavement beside the A827, and after the cemetery veers away from the road. This bit may be prone to flooding, but can be avoided by continuing along the pavement until a hundred metres west of the access route to Duireaskin where the route to Grandtully is again signposted. A sign on the next gate asks people to find another route during the second half of April, due to lambing. The riverside path is idyllic. Further east the route uses a former railway line all the way into Grandtully, passing beneath the A827 to reach a car park and campsite where there are toilets and picnic benches. There is also a coffee shop (Highland Chocolatier) and the Inn on the Tay in Grandtully. Crossing the A827, the route then uses an old bridge to cross the river Tay - it offers views of Scotland's top canoeing and kayak white water course, but no canoeists were in sight when we were there.

Turning right on a minor road through Strathtay (no pavement) it is less than 300m to the path over the hill to Pitlochry. The route follows the eastern edge of Strathtay golf course, then climbs beside the Tulliepowrie Burn, which it crosses on a bridge. After the bridge the path becomes considerably muddier, is often confined by broom and prickly gorse, and there is a kissing gate in a deer fence. However the ever widening views of Strath Tay and the surrounding mountains provide interest, especially if the weather is clear. Once in the forest the views disappear. The route follows forest tracks initially, then uses an old path, however this was very wet when we were there. The descent into Pitlochry is easy, but the A9 must be crossed. Sightlines are very good, but the traffic is travelling fast. Once over the River Tummel on a suspension bridge, there are a variety of routes into Pitlochry. The mapped route uses pavements beside Tummel Cres and Ferry Road up to the shops and cafes on the main street: alternatively a more direct but muddier route into Pitlochry is signposted to the town centre through woodland and past various car parks.

Various features of interest on the way, some of which we saw (or heard); an old stone cross above the path at Tulliepowrie; the remains of a stone circle in the forest, beaver damage along the river Tay, red squirrels, and woodpeckers.

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