Aucper two

Slow Way not verified yet. Verify Aucper here.

This alternative route between Auchterarder and Perth is more or less the same as Aucper one. The differences are:
It follows the farm track which skirts Wester Cairnie (rather than using a field edge up the hill beside the A9) (photos 9-13)
It uses a different route down into Perth to pass beneath the railway to gain the South Inch.
It has been 'tidied up', to follow a walkable route, ie it shows the correct route through the gateway and round a field between Nether Coul and Aberuthven

I think that this route it is an improvement on Aucper One, because the tedious route uphill and round a field edge has been replaced by the use of a farm track past Wester Cairnie, where I did not feel that there were any issues of privacy/curtilage. However it does mean that an even greater percentage of the route is on hard tracks, the only sections on a softer surface being between Nether Coul and Aberuthven, and Drumtogle and Millands, a total of 3km.

This route would be impossible for wheelers, as at Nether Coul it takes a signposted path around the edge of a field on a trodden route. This drops down briefly but steeply to skirt a second field. The route is very pleasant, adjacent to but above Ruthven Water. This part of the route could be avoided by keeping to the footway beside the A824. However there are still parts of the route which would be tricky for wheelers, the field edge path between Drumtogle and Millands, and a short narrow section on the old A9 on the Cairnie Braes.

There are buses between Perth and Auchterarder, and less frequent buses between Forteviot (off route) and Perth/Auchterarder. A small shop in Aberuthven has limited opening hours. An Inn, with rooms, at Aberuthven is near the western end of the route

This alternative route between Auchterarder and Perth is more or less the same as Aucper one. The differences are:
It follows the farm track which skirts Wester Cairnie (rather than using a field edge up the hill beside the A9) (photos 9-13)
It uses a different route down into Perth to pass beneath the railway to gain the South Inch.
It has been 'tidied up', to follow a walkable route, ie it shows the correct route through the gateway and round a field between Nether Coul and Aberuthven

I think that this route it is an improvement on Aucper One, because the tedious route uphill and round a field edge has been replaced by the use of a farm track past Wester Cairnie, where I did not feel that there were any issues of privacy/curtilage. However it does mean that an even greater percentage of the route is on hard tracks, the only sections on a softer surface being between Nether Coul and Aberuthven, and Drumtogle and Millands, a total of 3km.

This route would be impossible for wheelers, as at Nether Coul it takes a signposted path around the edge of a field on a trodden route. This drops down briefly but steeply to skirt a second field. The route is very pleasant, adjacent to but above Ruthven Water. This part of the route could be avoided by keeping to the footway beside the A824. However there are still parts of the route which would be tricky for wheelers, the field edge path between Drumtogle and Millands, and a short narrow section on the old A9 on the Cairnie Braes.

There are buses between Perth and Auchterarder, and less frequent buses between Forteviot (off route) and Perth/Auchterarder. A small shop in Aberuthven has limited opening hours. An Inn, with rooms, at Aberuthven is near the western end of the route