Little Glenshee circuit

Distance - 10.5 miles (can be shortened to 9.5 miles if you miss out the summit of "Craig Gibbon")

Time 1-half - 2 hours

Terrain - landrover track, hilly, some boggy sections in wet weather

There is nothing particularly technically difficult about this route, but it is a hard hilly climb and can be a bit boggy in places. On the upside though it is very quiet, offers spectacular views of some of Perthshire's most beautiful scenery and is a good cardiovascular workout and will test your legs and lungs. Do not confuse this with its big brother Glenshee near braemar! I spend a large amount of time during my childhood having picnics at the car park at little Glenshee, paddling in the stream and fishing with my stick on a net - ah those were the days...

Start Point - Start at the car park which is easy to find as it is right next to the point where the road fords the small stream.  map of the start point (outside streetmap.co.uk link)

Route

Start at the car park and cross the burn using the bridge. this takes you over a hill and down to the road, cross the road and straight ahead climb a gate (you will be doing quite a bit of this). There is a clear landrover track heading up the hill. After a few hundred yards the slop starts to steepen and you will see just after a group of trees a fork in the path - the left fork is a blind route and doesn't go anyway - head right along a grassy track which soon becomes a definite rock based landrover track, this meanders up the hill and takes you behind the small quarried area and up the hill - climbing all the way. After about a mile and a half the path flattens out as it heads under the summit of "Creag na criche". Basically stay on this path ignoring any minor paths and keep heading towards the summit of "Craig Gibbon ". As you approach this summit you can either follow the path as it turns down the hill or make the half mile detour to the top (its a bit rutted and muddy but the views are worth it) If you do go to the top its down the way you came to this junction

the path descends for a couple of miles and crosses farmland and eventually you skirt the edge of a farm before turning right  (SWW) along the hill. From there the track undulates and twists and turns its way along the side of the hill, It crosses a few small burns (these are not the same burns as you parked next to they can be seen above the text "drum tick" on the streetmap link above)

Eventually you reach the car - a quick wash of the bike in the burn and a soak of your already wet toes (unless it has been very dry)

Videos (courtesy of Youtube - if you cant see them its usually because the web server you are using e.g. at work/NHS blocks youtube)