Tall Trees Trail
Hiking With Kids Sign at Start With the summer holidays are in full swing, we had decided to spend a few nights away in a wooden lodge. This was located on the shore of Loch Awe, which is near Lochgilphead, less than an hour from Oban. There is plenty to do in this area of Scotland and I'll go through some of these in a later post. What did take our fancy was a 3 mile hike in the woods called the Tall Trees Trail. The distance of this trail is well suited to smaller legs. There are blue marker posts to allow you to navigate the walk, although it is pretty obvious as the walk is just one big long loop. The track starts from the car park and heads down towards the loch shore. The track at this point is soft underfoot and the descent is gentle. Waymarker Soft Start There is access to the loch itself and this gives views over what is left of a Crannog. This is an ancient iron age dwelling that was built on the loch. They were wooden structures that were ...