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Depart 09.30 and travel north over the Forth
Road Bridge. Up the M90, passing Loch Leven where
Mary Queen of Scots was held prisoner and later
escaped. Continue past Perth, an ancient capital
of Scotland, stopping in the Macbeth Visitor Centre
at Bankfoot for refreshments.
Continue north to the Hermitage, set in Shakespeare's
Birnam Wood. You can take a walk here, with your
driver/guide, along the River Braan , through
the forest, and into the folly overlooking the
cascading waterfalls. This is a migratory route
for salmon, which can often be seen leaping up
the falls. The Hermitage is named after Ossian,
a Celtic poet. You can even go inside the cave
that he lived in.
Depart around 12.30 and up to Pitlochry for lunch.
You have an hour here to explore the town before
continuing north towards Killiecrankie to the
Queen's View overlooking Loch Tummel. Lately named
after Queen Victoria who was a great lover of
the Highlands, although it is believed Isabella,
Robert the Bruce's wife first relished the view.
We now go over General Wade's old bridge and
down to Keltneyburn. We pass Fortingall, home
to the Yew, the oldest piece of vegetation in
Europe and supposedly Pontius Pilate's birthplace!
Past Glen Lyon and along Loch Tay, named after
Tatha, the Celtic river Goddess. We travel along
the shores of this beautiful loch to Killin to
view the falls of the River Dochart.
Down through Glen Dochart now with views to the
old railway viaduct and the mountains beyond.
Passing Loch Earn and Loch Luibnaig, we make a
last refreshment stop in Callander, then back
to Edinburgh, passing Linlithgow Palace and Stirling
Castle on the way. Arrive approx 18.30.
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