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Issue 8 of the Perth & Kinross Sports Council Newsletter

13 June 2008

Abernyte Community has been awarded £7112 to carry out improvements to the Glebe Millennium Walk.  This grant has been awarded by the Big Lottery Fund Breathing Places Campaign. Abernyte Community Company is very excited and pleased to receive this award and looks forward to working with the Heritage Group and wider community in planning and implementing the works. Volunteers are most welcome.   Watch their website for more details coming soon.

10 June 2008

Click here for the latest 'Paths to Health' newsletter.

10 June 2008

We are pleased to be promoting another path - Glen of Rait to Dalreichmoor via Shanry.  You can get details here.   This path can be combined with a walk on quiet roads through the Sidlaw hills returning past Evelick and Kilspindie to give a route that is over 6 miles long.

02 June 2008

Microsoft v6 Mapping
All our mapping pages have been rewritten to incorporate the new v6 version of Microsoft Virtual Earth maps that are compatible with the Safari browser frequently used on the Apple Mac PC.  Click here to see details of all our maps.

22 May 2008


Kinnaird, Flawcraigs, Fingask and Rait - meet the local group

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Kinnaird Castle

The small village settlements of Kinnaird and Rait, about half way between Dundee and Perth, are the starting points for a number of routes offering magnificent views over the Carse of Gowrie, the River Tay and the hills of Fife to the south, and northwards to Dunsinane (of Shakespearean fame) and, in the distance, Highland mountains. The castle of Fingask, one of the oldest inhabited castles in Perthshire, and the 15th century Kinnaird Castle (also inhabited - see photo on left) lie close to exciting routes across the Sidlaws.  See 'Geograph' information on Kinnaird Castle.

We hope to re-establish the route children used to take to school in Kinnaird from the ‘lost’ village of Pitmiddle, which was abandoned before the Second World War.   Other local paths to the Braes of the Carse climb from 25m to 250m. Watch out for buzzards and roe deer.

Rait village

Rait village is a small community that has retained several cottages with thatched roofs.  See the 'Geograph' information for the Antiques Centre at Rait and pictures of the Old Post Office and a picture of the Post Office in the 1920s.

 

Fingask Sawmill

The nearby Fingask Castle still has the remains of a picturesque sawmill close by.