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Scottish SUP Guide - Number Twenty Six - Adventurous Perthshire Lochs

Matt Gambles • May 01, 2020

Hike or Bike to a Secret Perthshire Loch

Perthshire is blessed with some incredible places to paddle, waterside parking, good facilities and easy, legal access. What it also has, in abbundance are many lesser known Lochs. Places which are not as easily accessible yet reward the intrepid with solitude, magnificent views and a sense of achievement in even getting to them. With a bike or a hike in, the Lochs below are all magical places for those wanting a real, away from it all place to Paddleboard.

Loch Skiach - In the hills above Logierait and Ballinguard, up from the B898 (Dunkeld to Aberfeldy), Loch Skiach (and its neighbour Little Loch Skiach) is a 5km hike or ride in. With views across to Ben Vrackie and down to the River Tay, it is a fantastic place for a paddle away from it all. The highlight of Loch Skiach as well as the Paddling reward is the fact that it has it’s very own Bothy. An overnight stay, or just as a spot to prepare some well deserved lunch, this is a very unique place to make the effort to Paddleboard.

Loch Ordie is situated high up on the opposite side of the Tay Valley from Loch Skiach and can be accessed from paths from both Dunkeld and Guay. Its a very pretty, decent sized Loch. On one (long and best suited to bike) route in from Dunkeld, it is possible to Paddleboard on Four different Locations; Ordie, Rotmell, Dowally and Mill Dam.

Loch Kennard

Sat in the middle of the Griffin Forest, high above Aberfeldy sits Loch Kennard. A beautiful, large, tree lined Loch accessed by Forest roads from the car park on the A826. Indeed the Car Park is next to the small but very paddleable Loch Na Creige.

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