It has been mapped to avoid walking alongside the busy A913 but if you were in a rush and not wanting to climb the hill twice for the magnificent view across the Tay to the Sidlaw hills you could follow a direct and quicker route to Abernethy from Aberdargie. All of the route is on quiet roads (walking and cycling friendly), roads with pavements alongside, tracks and footpaths. Leaving the tower and cross in central Abernethy (there is an interesting local museum here), the route follows pavements out of the town and then turns sharply left, just before the main road, up a waymarked track. In Aberdargie the route follows a track alongside a burn and down to some riding stables. The route then follows a permissive path alongside a field to the Wicks o’ Baiglie Road. At the end of the track, the route joins another quiet road (walking and cycling friendly) and follows this into Bridge of Earn where there are shops, a hotel, and a bus service linking this town to Perth and Edinburgh....

Johanna B

This route is not possible as it has been mapped in Abernethy to follow a track/drive through someone’s garden....

Johanna B

It is a good route, avoiding main roads except for short stretches at Aberargie and Bridge of Earn where it follows pavements. From Abernethy the route uses pavements until the Rough Glen path is reached. The two ascents can be avoided by staying on the footway beside the busy A913 between Aberargie and Abernethy, which would be a shorter but much more boring route. The river is crossed on a wide farm bridge with no parapets, then the route follows a muddy field edge track. Another field edge track, this time signposted at both ends as a path, leads beside the Dron Burn....

F Berry

This is a good route, marred by the fact that it goes through someone's garden within Abernethy. I will therefore submit an alternative route avoiding the garden, but otherwise the same....

F Berry