In need of Jock/Loch help

[gnasher16 31,558]

I couldnt be arsed to find my old thread so sorry for boring any of you folks.......just need a bit of info about 2 lochs if any of you Scots or walker/camper types could be of assistance....its concerning Loch Rannock and Loch Tummel.......and if there is any way to go from south to north between the 2 lochs.....without getting wet ....i cant seem to find out and google earth aint even helping......cheers.

Edited May 11, 2012 by gnasher16

[lanesra 4,007]

A Dingy would be my tip Gnash

[PlasticJock 539]

Yeah a set of waders... And a snorkel and wetsuit just in case

[undisputed 1,664]

You need to check out an OS map maybe this will be of some use

 

 

Rannoch and Tummel includes Kinloch Rannoch

 

Rannoch and Tummel is a very distinct area of Highland Perthshire and indeed of Scotland. As you head off the A9 towards Rannoch you will come to Queen’s View, one of Scotland’s most photographed views. It was named after King Robert the Bruce’s queen, not queen Vicotoria as she mistakenly wrote in her diary of her travels.

Head further west you will see spectacular views over Loch Tummel and Schiehallion ‘The Fairy Mountain’ to the left. It was here that Maskalyne hung a plumb line and by the deflection of the plumb line by the mass out the mountain was able to work out the mass of the earth. There is a small monument commemorating this feat beside the road next to the Schiehallion car park.

At Tummel Bridge you will pass though a small village made up largely of a holiday Park with self-catering log cabins and a club for visitors. At the far end of the village you will find one of the first bridges built in the Highlands in 1736, it is too narrow for today’s vehicles but you can walk across it.

Further along the glen will eventually bring you to Kinloch Rannoch village, it is situated at the easterly end of Loch Rannoch, with a store, two hotels and a time share complex.

Loch Rannoch has a circular drive round, which the local people have very cleverly included a Clan Trail, which has a series of informative plaques describing the different stories of the clans who once resided around the loch. At the far (westerly) end of the Loch you will see a folly said to be built on the remains of an old Crannog (see Abeferldy, Kenmore area for details of he Scottish Crannog Centre). On the south shore of the Loch you will pass through the black Wood of Rannoch and ancient Caledonian Pine Forest where there are some waymarked walks and cycle trails for those who would like spend some time here.

Rannoch Station is in a remote and desolate area. The use of desolate is probably not the right term, the station is situated right out in the middle of Rannoch Moor, which has its own peculiar beauty and charm. At the station there is a small information centre opened by Professor David Bellamy in 2005, which will tell you about the unique diversity of this moor.

Edited May 11, 2012 by undisputed

[gnasher16 31,558]

Undisputed...what exactly did you tap into the internet to come up with that ?......ive put os maps in but it just wants to sell me books etc.........cheers anyway

[Ossie n Arch 1,683]

OS Landranger map No 51.

 

Grid ref: NN 663 587 and NN 762 592.

 

Both road bridges.

[undisputed 1,664]

Undisputed...what exactly did you tap into the internet to come up with that ?......ive put os maps in but it just wants to sell me books etc.........cheers anyway

 

Just type route from loch rannoch to loch tummel into google or whatever search engine your using

[Malt 379]

Microsoft's Bing maps has an OS version.

 

 

http://www.bing.com/maps/#JnE9LkxvY2glMmJyYU5ub2NoJTdlc3N0LjAlN2VwZy4xJmJiPTU2Ljk4MTEyODk0MTQ4NzYlN2U3LjIwMjA5OTYwOTM3NTAxJTdlNDkuODgwNzM0ODU5ODU3NyU3ZS03LjU4NTQ5ODA0Njg3NDk5

 

Just click on the little down arrow next to where it says 'road' and select the ordinance survery version.

[Lab 10,979]

Ffs gnasher I thought this was ment to be a challenge. Getting dropped off in a remote area and live off the land type challenge?? Next you'll be asking taxi numbers in the area..... Lol

[gnasher16 31,558]

Ffs gnasher I thought this was ment to be a challenge. Getting dropped off in a remote area and live off the land type challenge?? Next you'll be asking taxi numbers in the area..... Lol

 

Researching routes that are not on the " recognised routes " lists is harder than you think........the one thing i dont want to do is get on a road or trail and just follow !!.....but saying that i dont want to be heading in the complete wrong direction,hence id like to have half an idea that im not going to waste complete days walking towards a loch im not going to be able to pass........im attacking this with the mindset of a fugitive im going to avoid people/roads etc at all costs.

Cheers for the links chaps.....that Bing ones blindin shame it dont have a satellite version i could walk through it without leaving the house

[baw 4,360]

Undisputed...what exactly did you tap into the internet to come up with that ?......ive put os maps in but it just wants to sell me books etc.........cheers anyway

 

f****n hell, what chance do you have if you can't even find a map on google lol Mind the jungle formula Gnash, couple pair of tights and plenty of matches. Me and a couple of mates kayak around lochs, mostly Ness, camping and fishing, you'll love it mate

[Ossie n Arch 1,683]

This is a decent site.

 

 

http://wtp2.appspot....eresthepath.htm

 

 

Just keep pressing OK, then type where you want to look in the top left hand corner.

[gnasher16 31,558]

Excellent site that Ossie n Arch...thanks ....all its missing is the little man you can drag down and walk around and i could do it from memory

Baw i dont sweat them little beasties you have up there......its ginger nutcases in skirts drinking special brew i,ll be more anxious to avoid