This route connects the ancient market town on Blairgowrie with Coupar Angus, once a strong monastic centre. It is the longer of the two mapped routes and does two sides of a triangle to go about twice the distance as the direct route between the two towns. The towns are connected by an almost hourly bus service with cafés at both ends so this is a good route to do as a day out with a return by bus. Leaving the centre of town, the route crosses the R. There is a pavement initially but this stops at the end of the town and the route continues along the country road. At Grange of Aberbothrie, keep to the track that passes through the farm yard on the north eastern side of the farmhouse and ignore the route on the map which passes through someone's garden. Isla almost the whole route to Coupar Angus....

Johanna B

It then takes the waymarked River Ericht path nearly as far as Kitty Swanson's Bridge, beside the River Ericht. Once on the quiet road the River Isla can be crossed on the road bridge. Blacou one uses the top of the river flood dyke almost all the way back to Coupar Angus. I have deducted one star, because this route is very circuitous, and another because of the potentially overgrown route along the eastern end of the river dyke, and the fence to climb....

F Berry

The anticipated difficulty of using the main road near Couttie Bridge did not materialise. However on the north side of the bridge the pavement reduced to nothing, and it was necessary to keep to the very edge of the road. A blind bend was visible ahead, with no verges into which to retreat, but luckily there was no ditch, hedge or fence so I was able to cross into the adjacent field and walk along the field edge parallel to the main road. For anyone heading southwards, towards Coupar Angus, it would probably be safer to take to the field edge just before joining the main road and use it until just before the bridge. From here again the most direct way into Blairgowrie is along the pavement beside the main road, whilst Blacou two follows a mixture of quiet residential roads, cycle route and pavements. I cannot give this route 5 stars as the use of the field edge just north of the Couttie Bridge is a bit tricky....

F Berry

I walked this route backwards - from Coupar Angus to Blairgowrie, which may be why some of it was hard to find....

Kate

However there are plans for an off road route between Luncarty and Stanley, so if these come to fruition the route would become much easier to use. The route as a whole would only be usable by walkers, due to this constraint, also there are steps up to Stanley, and other parts of the route are on uneven, rough paths with tree roots. However parts of the route would be usable by wheelchairs especially from Perth north to the River Almond, and the paths and farm tracks closer to Blairgowrie should be usable by off road wheelers. The route heads north from Perth City Centre on a very pleasant paved cycle route along the North Inch, beside the River Tay. The route crosses the River Almond on the former A9 bridge with little traffic. A brief distance along the pavement beside the B9099 the route heads towards a rather dilapidated bridge over the Ordie Burn at Milton of Luncarty (photo). An active travel route between Luncarty and Stanley is being considered, but a route has yet to be agreed....

F Berry