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If you ever get to the Trossachs this is three pounds well spent a beautiful drive but don't forget to buy a permit if you want to overnight there in your motorhome.
The seven-mile (11.5km) one-way Three Lochs Forest Drive begins about two miles north of the popular town of Aberfoyle on the A821, The Duke’s Pass. It was launched 40 years ago in 1977 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The drive is open to vehicles from Easter to October, daily from 9am, although you can walk or cycle the route at any time of year. The entrance is at grid reference NN 517 036 and the nearest postcode is FK8 3SY. Please note that the entrance barrier is locked at 4pm while the exit barrier is locked by 5pm. The cost per vehicle is £3 payable at a machine, which takes coins and cards.
As the name suggests, the Forest Drive takes visitors past three lochs, Reòidhte, Drunkie and Achray. As well as enjoying the views of these picturesque lochs you will love the wider landscape of the Trossachs, including forest, hills and mountains and if your lucky Golden Eagles
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Dan Cammish, Halfords Yuasa Racing and team mate Matt Neal lead the way up Hailwoods Hill during race two of the 2019 Kwik Fit BTCC season finale at Brands Hatch. Dan Cammish managed to take a third place podium finish and in doing so catapult himself into the Championship lead as the season headed for its dramatic final race conclusion.
Tom Oliphant #15 Team BMW 330i M Sport to the right of the image suffers an early exit as he goes into a spin in the middle of the pack.
The seven-mile (11.5km) one-way Three Lochs Forest Drive begins about two miles north of the popular town of Aberfoyle on the A821, The Duke’s Pass. It was launched 40 years ago in 1977 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The drive is open to vehicles from Easter to October, daily from 9am, although you can walk or cycle the route at any time of year. The entrance is at grid reference NN 517 036 and the nearest postcode is FK8 3SY. Please note that the entrance barrier is locked at 4pm while the exit barrier is locked by 5pm. The cost per vehicle is £2 payable at a machine, which takes coins and cards.
As the name suggests, the Forest Drive takes visitors past three lochs, Reòidhte, Drunkie and Achray. As well as enjoying the views of these picturesque lochs you will love the wider landscape of the Trossachs, including forest, hills and mountains.
There are plenty of opportunities during the drive to park and get out for a stroll. A1km route, out and back, heads to the oak-lined shore of Loch Drunkie or there’s a slightly longer figure-of-eight walk of Loch Drunkie. Another idea is to take a picnic and stop at a viewpoint for a bite to eat and to relish the views.
Stood in the Ladies Look-out on a very breeze day, I took this spectacular shot along the curtain wall of the castle with a magnificent view off to the north-west. A portion of the King's Old Building is visible in the upper right of the image, with the battlements above the Nether Green and Nether Bailey beyond it. I took an image from up there on the battlements looking south-south-west and posted it a couple of days ago...
On the left of the image, the tallest hill silhouetted on the horizon is (I think!) Ben Ledi (879m high), a Corbett (I'll let you look up the explanation of what that is...). Below it to the left and amidst a dark mass of trees is a prominent and distinctly orange building (when the sun shone on it) which I think is Doune Castle.
No doubt those who know the area better can pick out many other well-known places and features.
Given to me by Mrs.Frank George of Whitchurch, Bucks in the 1960/70's. Marksgallery1961 tells me that this is an Armstrong-Whitworth FK8 which was last in a batch of 200 built by Angus Sanderson & co. in Newcastle.
This is a three-frame panorama cropped into a square. It was taken from the north-western battlements of Stirling Castle above the Nether Green (just off-shot to the left) with a portion of the King's Old Building visible in the upper left with the Ladies' Look-out prominent beyond it. The view basically looks south-south-west out towards the range of (unnamed?) hills running between Denny and Fintry. A very blustery day, but the rain mainly stayed away during our visit.
Below the castle, on the adjacent parkland is the King's Knot. A King’s Park is first mentioned in 1190, when it was referred to as the “Aulde” park before it was enlarged to become the “Neu” park in 1264. At this time the park was enclosed and managed for deer and fox hunting.
The park then had a major period of development between 1490 and 1508, with the creation of ditches, orchards, fish pools, and a vegetable garden. More than 1,000 trees were planted in the area in 1497. The earthworks known as the King’s and Queen’s Knots were originally part of these formal gardens. However, when the royal court moved south to England in 1603, the gardens were abandoned and as nature took over they became neglected and overgrown.
In 1633 the formal gardens were remodelled prior to Charles I’s arrival at Stirling Castle for his Scottish coronation. They were again the subject of extensive restoration under orders of Queen Victoria in 1842, who had complained about their poor state after her visit. The restoration was thorough. The King’s Knot was considerably altered, and it’s possible the orientation of the entire site was changed at this point. Today, the King’s Knot comprises an octagonal stepped mound rising 3m high. From the top of the mound, there is a stunning view of Stirling Castle towering overhead.
Even less is known about the adjacent Queen’s Knot (to the lower right of the King's Knot in the image). This area is now a flat piece of land, with grass cut to show what might have been there.
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Get off the beaten track in your own car on a forest drive that combines history with fabulous scenery and wildlife in the heart of the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park.
The seven-mile (11.5km) one-way Three Lochs Forest Drive begins about two miles north of the popular town of Aberfoyle on the A821, The Duke’s Pass. It was launched 40 years ago in 1977 to celebrate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The drive is open to vehicles from Easter to October, daily from 9am, although you can walk or cycle the route at any time of year. The entrance is at grid reference NN 517 036 and the nearest postcode is FK8 3SY. Please note that the entrance barrier is locked at 4pm while the exit barrier is locked by 5pm. The cost per vehicle is £2 payable at a machine, which takes coins and cards.
As the name suggests, the Forest Drive takes visitors past three lochs, Reòidhte, Drunkie and Achray. As well as enjoying the views of these picturesque lochs you will love the wider landscape of the Trossachs, including forest, hills and mountains.
There are plenty of opportunities during the drive to park and get out for a stroll. A1km route, out and back, heads to the oak-lined shore of Loch Drunkie or there’s a slightly longer figure-of-eight walk of Loch Drunkie. Another idea is to take a picnic and stop at a viewpoint for a bite to eat and to relish the views.
Loch Achray
Small but very picturesque Loch Achray is reached some six miles west of the tourist town of Callander or via the Duke’s Pass north from Aberfoyle.
The idyllic location is between two larger lochs, Katrine and Venachar, and at the foot of Ben A’an, where you can start a walk to the 454m summit. The views back down over the still waters on a fine day are breathtaking. To the south of the loch, large areas of forestry offer tracks and trails for walkers and cyclists.
Thanks to its sheltered location Loch Achray is popular with swimmers and anglers. The loch is home to brown trout as well as pike, perch and salmon. Look out for woodland and water-based wildlife, too, such as red and roe deer, red squirrels and maybe even a red kite flying above or an osprey fishing on one of the lochs.
While you’re in the area you could also visit the Forestry and Land Scotland Lodge Forest Visitor Centre, above Aberfoyle, for great views and a café, toilets, souvenirs and information. For family activities near the Three Lochs Drive visit the website of Forestry and Land Scotland.
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Stirling Castle, located in Stirling, is one of the largest and most important castles in Scotland, both historically and architecturally. The castle sits atop Castle Hill, an intrusive crag, which forms part of the Stirling Sill geological formation.
Address: Castle Esplanade, Stirling FK8 1EJ
Hours:
Closed ⋅ Opens 9:30AM Tue
Built: Castle dates from at least early 12th century, present buildings mostly built between 1490 and 1600
Seen a couple of kilometres west of Stirling Castle, this mare in a field next to our accommodation was working on weaning her foal but had yet to succeed.
Whilst looking at details about horses, I was surprised to discover that they have the largest eyes of any land mammal, although I'm sure many of you have known that for a long time...
Tough one, ran out of parts towards the end, had to make some changes which compromised the rear stability a little. But I'm quite happy with the end result.
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In the middle of a rain storm... not much rain but it got very dark.
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The Battle of Stirling Bridge was fought during the First War of Scottish Independence. On 11 September 1297, the forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey, and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth. This view was taken from atop the Wallace Monument on Abbey Craig, looking south-west.
Surrey had arrived at the bridge on 9 September and became concerned with the number of Scots he faced, separated by a long causeway and narrow, wooden bridge, over the River Forth near the castle. Determining that he would be at a tactical disadvantage if he attempted to take his main force across there, he delayed crossing for several days to allow for negotiations and to reconnoitre the area. Camped on Abbey Craig (i.e. below my vantage point), the Scots dominated the soft flat ground north of the river. The English force of English, Welsh and Scots knights, bowmen and foot soldiers camped south of the river.
Sir Richard Lundie, a Scots knight who joined the English after the Capitulation of Irvine, offered to outflank the enemy by leading a cavalry force over a ford two miles upstream, where 60 horsemen could cross at the same time. Hugh de Cressingham, King Edward's treasurer in Scotland, persuaded the Earl to reject that advice and order a direct attack across the bridge. The small bridge was broad enough to let only two horsemen cross abreast but offered the safest river crossing, as the Forth widened to the east and the marshland of Flanders Moss lay to the west.
The Scots waited as the English knights and infantry, led by Cressingham, with Sir Marmaduke Thweng and Sir Richard Waldegrave, began to make their slow progress across the bridge on the morning of 11 September. It would have taken several hours for the entire English army to cross. Wallace and Moray waited, according to the Chronicle of Hemingburgh, until "as many of the enemy had come over as they believed they could overcome". When a substantial number of the troops had crossed (possibly about 2,000?) the attack was ordered. The Scots spearmen came down from the high ground in rapid advance and fended off a charge by the English heavy cavalry and then counter-attacked the English infantry. They gained control of the east side of the bridge and cut off the chance of English reinforcements to cross. Caught on the low ground in the loop of the river with no chance of relief or of retreat, most of the outnumbered English on the east side were probably killed. A few hundred may have escaped by swimming across the river. Marmaduke Thweng managed to fight his way back across the bridge with some of his men.
The Stirling Bridge of that time is believed to have been about 180m upstream from the 15th-century stone bridge (tagged above) that now crosses the river. Four stone piers have been found underwater just north and at an angle to the extant 15th-century bridge, along with man-made stonework on one bank in line with the piers. The site of the fighting was along either side of an earthen causeway leading from the Abbey Craig, atop which the Wallace Monument is now, to the north end of the bridge. The battlefield has been inventoried and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical Environment Policy of 2009.
This was taken using the 'pano' option on an iPhone - probably equivalent to 2-3 frames on an SLR.
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