I did a recce of the route today, and being midweek I was unhindered by traffic, I had a marvellous drive. Hardly saw another car all day, magic. Here's hoping the weather's good and the traffic is light when we do it for real.
Meeting point will be the car park of Dobbies Garden centre (you can't miss it, first thing you see as you come into the Perth Mart site). 10:00am for a 10:30 start. From there we are going down Glenalmond, up the Sma' Glen, Aberfeldy, Loch Tay, over the wee road on Ben Lawers (see pic) and down Glen Lyon, which must be the prettiest glen in Scotland. Then past Schehallion to Kinloch Rannoch, and over the moors to lunch at the House of Bruar. The route is near as dammit 100 miles, and should take about 3 hours, so we should have lunch about 1:30. Some of it is quick and twisty, some very slow, but all of it very pretty if the weather is good.
For those for whom driving is not the main priority, the House of Bruar offers a serious opportunity for some retail therapy, and if you've never been there it is an astonishing place, a bit like a branch of Harrods in the middle of nowhere. You can look it up here ..
http://www.houseofbruar.com/
See you all at 10:00 am then!
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