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Discover Scotland's Great Trails… …There's a Surprise Around Every a break to the Scottish Borders To celebrate the opening of the new Cross Borders Drove Road trail, we are offering you the chance to experience Discover Scotland's Great Trails… this fascinating route stretching 52 miles (83km) from south west Edinburgh over the Cauldstane Slap – the pass over the Pentland Hills – it continues through West Linton to Peebles and Traquair, and onward via the Yarrow Valley to Hawick. On the way, you’ll explore hidden valleys such as Fingland Burn and Gypsy Glen and across the glorious Borders countryside. Experience this all for yourself …there's a surprise and WIN a break to the Scottish Borders Stay for two nights at the 4 star gold Glede Knowe Guest House nestled in the around every corner picturesque village of Innerleithen. Situated close to the town of Peebles – you will be perfectly positioned to explore the many surprising sights and sounds of the Cross Borders Drove Road trail. What’s more, you will savour a delicious breakfast on each morning to set you up for the day ahead. Enjoy one full day of bike hire courtesy of bspoke cycles, and you will also be invited to experience the thrills and spills of Go Ape – the UK’s number one forest adventure. Fly down zip-wires, leap off the Tarzan Swing and tackle crossings whilst enjoying some of Scotland’s most breathtaking scenery. And with up to £100 towards travel and spending, you’ll be free to discover the many surprising things to see and do on the Cross Borders Drove Road. Enter now: visitscotland.com/surprisetrails Peebles, the Scottish Borders Terms and Conditions: Draw closes 30.06.13. No purchase necessary. For full Ts and Cs go to: visitscotland.com/surprisetrails Promoter: VisitScotland, Edinburgh EH6 6JH ISBN 978 1 8537 9323 Scotland’s Great Trails are nationally promoted trails for people-powered journeys. Each is distinctively waymarked, largely off-road and has a range of visitor services. At least 25 miles in length, they are suitable for multi-day outings as well as day trips. Collectively the 26 different routes provide over 1,700 miles of well managed paths from the Borders to the Highlands, offering great opportunities to explore the best of Scotland’s nature Clyde Walkway © Becky Duncan/SNH and landscapes, and to experience our amazing history and culture. The fold-out map shows where the trails are, their start Now it’s your turn. Explore each trail for yourself and end points and length. Turn over for a tantalising ✔ and get ticking those boxes! taste of some of the wildlife and landscapes that you could encounter as you journey along these trails. 1 Annandale Way 13 Great Glen Way Each of Scotland’s Great Trails has a website (at the foot 2 Ayrshire Coastal Path 14 John Muir Way of the listing on the reverse of the map), where you can find out more about how to get started – such as route 3 Berwickshire 15 Kintyre Way Coastal Path descriptions, transport options and accommodation. 16 Moray Coast Trail Where will Scotland’s Great Trails take you? 4 Borders Abbeys Way 17 Mull of Galloway Trail 5 Cateran Trail 18 River Ayr Way Front cover image: Bruce’s Stone above Loch Trool, Dumfries & Galloway 6 Clyde Walkway Photography courtesy of Scottish Viewpoint, Scottish Natural Heritage, 19 Aberdeenshire Council and Dava Way Association Rob Roy Way 7 Cross Borders 20 Romans and Drove Road Reivers Route 8 Dava Way 21 St Cuthbert’s Way 9 Fife Coastal Path 22 Southern Upland Way 10 Formartine and 23 Speyside Way Buchan Way 24 11 Forth-Clyde/Union Three Lochs Way Canal Towpath 25 West Highland Way 12 Great Glen Canoe Trail 26 West Island Way Check out www.scotlandsgreattrails.org.uk for links to further information on all the trails. 1 Annandale Way ✔ 8 Dava Way ✔ 12 Great Glen ✔ 14 John Muir Way ✔ 16 Moray Coast Trail ✔ 20 Romans and Reivers ✔ Canoe Trail Route Caledonian Canal Tantallon Castle River Annan START: Moffat Divie Viaduct, Moray START: Banavie, nr Fort William START: Fisherrow, nr Edinburgh Findhorn, Moray Hawick, the Scottish Borders FINISH: Newbie Barns, START: Grantown-on-Spey FINISH: Clachnaharry, FINISH: Dunglass, START: Forres START: Ae Solway Coast FINISH: Forres nr Inverness nr Cockburnspath FINISH: Cullen FINISH: Hawick LENGTH: 55 miles (88km) LENGTH: 24 miles (39km) LENGTH: 60 miles (96km) LENGTH: 45 miles (72km) LENGTH: 50 miles (80km) LENGTH: 52 miles (83km) 2 Ayrshire Coastal Path ✔ 9 Fife Coastal Path ✔ 13 Great Glen Way ✔ 15 Kintyre Way ✔ 17 Mull of Galloway Trail ✔ 21 St Cuthbert’s Way ✔ Glen Mor (The Great Glen), Lochaber START: Fort William FINISH: Inverness LENGTH: 79 miles (127km) © Lorne Gill Ardrossan Marina Firth of Forth Glen Mor (The Great Glen), Lochaber Saddell Bay, Kintyre Mull of Galloway Eildon Hills START: Glenapp START: Kincardine START: Fort William START: Tarbert START: Mull of Galloway START: Melrose FINISH: Skelmorlie FINISH: Newburgh FINISH: Inverness FINISH: Southend FINISH: Glenapp FINISH: Lindisfarne (England) LENGTH: 100 miles (161km) LENGTH: 117 miles (187km) LENGTH: 79 miles (127km) LENGTH: 87 miles (140km) LENGTH: 36 miles (58km) LENGTH: 62 miles (100km) 3 Berwickshire ✔ 18 River Ayr Way ✔ 22 Southern Upland Way ✔ Coastal Path Ayr Gorge Woodlands START: Glenbuck FINISH: Ayr LENGTH: 44 miles (71km) Cliffs east of St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve Ayr Gorge Woodlands Loch Trool, Dumfries & Galloway START: Cockburnspath START: Glenbuck START: Portpatrick FINISH: Berwick-upon-Tweed FINISH: Ayr FINISH: Cockburnspath LENGTH: 28 miles (45km) LENGTH: 44 miles (70km) LENGTH: 212 miles (340km) 4 Borders Abbeys Way ✔ 23 Speyside Way ✔ 16 23 10 8 Jedburgh Abbey River Spey CIRCULAR: Kelso-Jedburgh- 13 12 Hawick-Selkirk- START: Buckie Melrose FINISH: Aviemore LENGTH: 68 miles (109km) LENGTH: 65 miles (105km) 5 Cateran Trail ✔ 24 Three Lochs Way ✔ 5 25 9 19 Alyth CIRCULAR: Blairgowrie- Balloch to Helensburgh section of Three Lochs Way Kirkmichael-Spittal START: Balloch of Glenshee-Alyth 24 14 FINISH: Inveruglas LENGTH: 64 miles (103km) LENGTH: 31 miles (50km) 11 3 6 Clyde Walkway ✔ 10 Formartine ✔ 25 West Highland Way ✔ 26 and Buchan Way 7 6 21 15 18 20 4 2 Mormond Hill White Horse 22 The Falls of Clyde START: Dyce, nr Aberdeen Loch Lomond on the West Highland Way 1 START: Glasgow FINISH: Fraserburgh START: Milngavie, nr Glasgow FINISH: New Lanark & Peterhead FINISH: Fort William LENGTH: 40 miles (65km) LENGTH: 53 miles (86km) LENGTH: 96 miles (155km) 17 7 Cross Borders ✔ 11 Forth-Clyde/Union ✔ 19 Rob Roy Way ✔ 26 West Island Way ✔ Drove Road Canal Towpath Trail Kilchattan Bay Motorway START: Kilchattan Bay Road FINISH: Port Bannatyne Railway LENGTH: 30 miles (48km) International Airport Trail Trail Regional Airport Trail MotorwayTrail MotorwayTrail Motorway Motorway Bowling, Dunbartonshire RoadMotorwayRoad Falls of Acharn Road Road Kailzie Hill, the Scottish Borders START: Bowling Trail RailwayRoadRailway START: Drymen Kilchattan Bay Railway Railway START: Little Vantage FINISH: Fountainbridge, Motorway InternationalRailwayInternational Airport Airport FINISH: Pitlochry START: Kilchattan Bay International AirportInternational Airport FINISH: Hawick Edinburgh Road RegionalInternationalRegional Airport Airport Airport LENGTH: 77 or 94 miles FINISH: Port Bannatyne LENGTH: 52 miles (83km) LENGTH: 66 miles (106km) RailwayRegional AirportRegionalRegional Airport Airport (124 or 151km) LENGTH: 30 miles (48km) International Airport Regional Airport 5 Cateran Trail 10 Formartine and 15 Kintyre Way 20 Romans and Reivers Route 25 West Highland Way In this, the Year of Buchan Way Natural Scotland 2013, what better way to explore the Dipper On the heathery hills around breathtaking natural Glenshee, you may be rewarded Common Seal Short-Eared Owl Red Deer Stag with a glimpse of a red deer or a Wind your way down this remote This trail follows old Roman roads, The landscapes are forever beauty and thriving Pearl Bordered Fritillary golden eagle soaring overhead. peninsula and you’re likely to sheltered forest tracks and quiet changing as this trail passes through natural environment, Oystercatchers are often seen The wildlife along this old railway encounter deer, red squirrels and lanes. While you no longer need to woodland and rolling farmland to close to rivers, and dippers may be route can be secretive, so make an grouse in the woods and moor keep an eye out for the notorious Loch Lomond, crosses the open than getting out and spotted bobbing on the rocks before early start or dawdle at dusk and above Tarbert, and seals, seabirds Reivers, livestock raiders of the expanse of Rannoch Moor and about and enjoying disappearing underwater to catch you might be rewarded by the sight and basking sharks along the coast. Middle Ages, do look out for birds traverses the imposing mountain insects. In late autumn look of a fox, badger, roe deer or red During winter and spring, Lussa of prey such as short-eared owl, scenery of the Highlands. The Scotland’s Great Trails. out for salmon leaping up the falls squirrel. A rich variety of bird and Loch is a haven for flocks of white- buzzard and goshawk which wildlife also gets wilder as you of the River Ericht as they head insect life lives amongst the natural fronted Greenland geese. Wildlife of regularly nest and hunt in the forest. head north - feral goats frequent With 26 to choose upstream to their spawning grounds. vegetation that flanks the route, the hooked beak and talon variety Also listen out for the elusive water the bouldery terrain north of from, you will be Then of course there are the beavers including beautiful butterflies in the thrives on the Mull of Kintyre – the vole plopping into small streams as Rowardennan, red deer are regularly and wild boar near Alyth and even secluded cuttings. domain of kestrels, peregrines and you pass.
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