Independent Trails: Fact File

Independent Trails: Fact File.CATT

Scotland ~ The Cateran Trail

Trail Facts

Total distance: 60 miles (96km)
Duration: 6 nights, 5 days walking
Minimum/maximum daily distances: 9 miles (14km)/14 miles (22.5km)
Waymarking: The trail is clearly waymarked and very easy to follow.
Season: April to November
Starting point of holiday: Blairgowrie
End of holiday: Blairgowrie
Holiday code: CATT

Itinerary

Day 1: Travel to Blairgowrie.

Day 2: Blairgowrie to Kirkmichael 12 miles (19km).

Day 3: Kirkmichael to Spittal of Glenshee. 9 miles (14.5km).

Day 4: Spittal of Glenshee to Glenisla. 14 miles (22.5km).

Day 5: Glenisla to Alyth. 11 miles (17.5km).

Day 6: Alyth to Blairgowrie (via Bridge of Cally). 14 miles (22.5km).

Day 7: Depart from Blairgowrie

What's included?

6 nights accommodation in en-suite rooms with private bathrooms (where available) in selected guesthouses, inns and hotels.
Traditional Scottish breakfast.
Door to door luggage transfer along the trail.
Maps and a guidebook describing the trail.
An information pack containing an itinerary, detailed instructions on how to find your accommodation each night, town plans, information about facilities and places of interest along the trail and a kit list.
Detailed travel instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it.
Emergency assistance

Travel Information

Detailed instructions on how to get to the start of the holiday and back from the end of it are sent to you on booking. A summary is given below.

Most convenient major city and International airport: Glasgow Airport. Train to Glasgow Central, then a bus or train from Glasgow to Perth (journey time one hour) and a bus from Perth to Blairgowrie (one hour). From Edinburgh; bus or train to Perth (one and a half hours) and then bus to Blairgowrie.

Outward journey from London to Blairgowrie: Train from London to Perth (6 hours), then a bus to Blairgowrie (one hour).

Return journey to Glasgow (or London) at the end of the holiday: Bus from Blairgowrie to Perth, then train to Glasgow Queen Street (I hour), then train to Glasgow Airport or to continue to London; train from Perth to London (6 hours).