Helensburgh and West Dunbartonshire Ramblers

Loch Venachar Circuit

Date: 10 July 2021

Leader: Peter Knox deputising for Bernadette Devine

Grade: C+

Number on walk: 21 including 5 potential new members

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Our morning tea break where we crossed the Milton Glen Burn

 

Crossing the Milton Glen Burn

 

Dunmore Hillfort seen from The Great Trossachs Path

It is not clear when it was first built but is likely to have been founded no later than the Iron Age and remained in operation well into the Dark Ages.

 

Lunch on the shore of Loch Venachar

 

The view looking west along Loch Venachar

 

Our afternoon tea break, still on the shore of Loch Venachar

 

A very welcome surprise awaited us at Achray Farm where ice cream was available

 

Crossing the Black Water at Brig o’ Michael

The Brig o' Michael is a18th century rubble-built single segmental-arched span bridge over the Black Water

 

Reflections in the well named Black Water