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SOME OTHER WALKING OPTIONS More details about these walks can be found by following the links on our website at www.houseinthehighlands.com. GUIDE TO LOCAL WALKS THE passes through and can be (Please note that maps are not to scale!) followed either in the direction of Laggan (and eventually Fort William), or (and eventually ). Further details at www.walkhighlands.com LOCH IMRICH

(Short, approx. 20 minutes) LOCH GYNACK WALK begins at the Duke of Gordon Hotel in A good place for feeding ducks and spotting wild cats! Kingussie, turning left out of the car park and up the hill where there are signs for the Gynack Mill Trail. Further details at www.newtonmore.com From the house, turn left down Golf Course Road, following it round the bend, past the bowling green. On the right hand side, you will find a sign THE WAY stretches 16km from Dalraddy to Ruthven, near and gate leading down to the path that takes you around the little loch. Kingussie, taking in glens, mountains and rivers. Further details at www.Newtonmore.com

THE SPEYBANK WALK can be accessed from Dalraddy Holiday Park (just off the B1952 in the direction of Aviemore).

ROCK WOODS POND TRAIL AND UATH LOCHAN, near Loch , between Kingussie and Aviemore. At the main cross roads in Kingussie, turn right in the direction of Ruthven Barracks (which are also interesting to visit) and continue for some miles along the B970. The turning off to the trail is found on the right hand side (next to Insh House), approximately a mile after passing through Insh.

THE starts at Aviemore and ends at the mouth of the Spey. Further details at www.speysideway.org www.houseinthehighlands.com www.houseinthehighlands.com

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RIVER SPEY VIA WILD CAT TRAIL GLEN BANCHOR (Medium, approx. 1 hour with option to extend) (Medium or Long) The whole Wild Cat Trail does a complete circuit around Newtonmore and A great way to enjoy the majestic mountains and watch stags rutting in the a leaflet is available from the Wild Cat Centre along Newtonmore High Autumn. Street. The walk below covers a small section and starts at the house. From Einich, turn right along Golf Course Road until you reach the High From the house, Street, crossing over and taking Glen Road, just by the Post Office. turn left down Golf Continue uphill along Glen Road for a mile or so and you will come to the Course Road until start of the Glen and eventually to a parking area at the end of the Road. you reach There are endless options to explore, but the main path is found by crossing Newtonmore High the bridge over the river and continuing along the into the Glen. From Street. Turn right here, the walk can be as short or as long as you wish… and continue until you reach the second road on the right hand side where you will find a signpost for the Wild Cat Trail. This will take you down to, and along, the . At the end of the Golf Course, you can make a decision to either continue on, along the Wild Cat Trail by the river, or take the path across the field to the train station, crossing the railway, heading up Station Road, then turning left along Golf Course Road which will lead you back past the Golf Club House to Einich (and a well-earned cup of tea!). www.houseinthehighlands.com www.houseinthehighlands.com