Strathallan Castle

We were walking today in Perthshire, checking out a walk for around Christmas for our walking club. Started near Gleneagles Hotel and walked to Tullibardine Chapel, a most interesting medieval chapel built by the Murrays of Strathallan Castle, but not used since the Reformation. It is a very well kept building, maintained by Historic Scotland.

From the chapel we walked to Crofthead through lovely deciduous woodland, and then over a quiet farm road to Drumness, where they were busy harvesting and sorting carrots. All very high tech.

We then headed past Strathallan Castle, which is my blip for today. Strathallan is an impressive early 19th Century Baronial Castle within 1000 acres of picturesque policies and woodland. The estate has been the home of the Roberts family for the last 100 years and continues to be an inviting family home.

We walked from there out to Tillibardine where we had left one of the cars to ferry us back. In total we walked just under ten miles, a nice stretch.

Had coffee in Auchterarder Golf Clubhouse, very nice indeed, and then headed home.

Weather was fine, a bit nippy in the morning but it got warmer as the day wore on. Intermittent sun, but quite dull most of the time, although dry!