A short forestry walk on grassy paths and tracks with some steep climbs and good views over the rolling countryside of Strathdon.
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Woodland paths, steep in places, forest tracks, waymarked.
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Forest walks car park off A944 just south of Glenbuchat Castle.
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1. The Buchaam car park for these walks in Gordon Woodlands is signed from the A944 about 1.5 km south of the turn off for Glenbuchat Castle if travelling from Mossat and 2 km from the A97/A944 junction if heading north. From the car park take the path heading up into the forest which is waymarked for all three walks. This route is waymarked in yellow. Keep straight ahead on the narrow path through the trees when the red path leaves to the left. Watch out for a waymarked turn to the left and continue gently uphill on this path. When it emerges on a wider track turn right and continue around the hill.
2. The route now follows a track on the edge of the plantation with good views over Strathdon and to the Ben Newe straight ahead. At a junction in a slight dip take the left hand fork of the two tracks straight ahead - following the yellow waymarkers. The path goes through dense forestry and continues straight on when it joins a track from the left. Eventually the track starts to head downhill, continue straight ahead at a forestry turning area, and follow the edge of the forest.
3. When another track is reached turn left for a very short way, looking out for the signed turn to the right which takes you onto the footpath used earlier in the walk. Follow this back down through the trees to the car park, turning right at the waymarked junction.
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