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Stronachlachar

 
Picture of SS Sir Walter Scott on Loch Katrine

Stronaclachar can be found at the far end of Loch Katrine. Historically this was 'Rob Roy land', still standing is Glengyle house originally built by Rob Roy. Stronachlar has a real sense of 'splendid isolation', but in reality is within an hour of Aberfoyle and Callander and is a 5 minute drive from the West Highland way at Inversnaid and the Inversnaid Hotel.

Access to Stronachlar can be via the main road from Aberfoyle which passes through Kinlochard or on SS Sir Walter Scott which docks daily at the Pier. Alternatively, there is a 'limited access' road which runs beside Loch Katrine and is suitable for cycling.

As you cycle along this seculded and peaceful road it is hard to imagine that Loch Katrine has supplied most of Glasgow's water or that these roads use to be used by four-in-hands the original form of coach travel.

Accomodation in this area is mostly on a self-catering basis, the Inversnaid Hotel (Lochs & Glens Holidays) or the Inversnaid Bothy or nearer to Kinlochard.

Loch Katrine
Glengyle House,originally built by Rob Roy MacGregor
The original Trossachs Hotel and Stronachlar pier
Postcard showing the original mode of 'coach' tours Cycle Hire is available from Loch Katrine The Garrison ruins between Stronachlar and Inversnaid
   

Link to nearby Inversnaid Hostel

Link to Self Catering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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