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WALKING
JOCK'S ROAD
Jock's Road, Braemar,
Aberdeenshire
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Jock's Road
Creag Choinnich
Linn of Dee Circuit
Jock's Road - Aberdeenshire
By the way click here for some of the
history of Jock's
Road which is rather interesting regarding the
Scottish Rights of Way Act, but to start, let's get walking.
About 2 miles south of Braemar on the A93 on the opposite side of the road
from Auchallater farm, there is a small car park that is the start of a
days walk to Glen Clova. However for this page we are only concerned
with reaching Jock's Road, which only involves a few hours.

Start of Jock's Road |

Loch Callater seen from North
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From the car park, go through the gate, (close it) and just keep to the
path, which has Creag na Dearcaige on the left, which has an abundance of purple
heather on its hillside and Sron Dubh on the right. Callater Burn dissects
the hills and is a constant companion for most of the journey to Loch
Callater. It is worth stopping and listening to the sounds of
a river, stream or burn as these sounds, sometimes subconsciously are the
reason we take in a lot of hillwalking and climbing. After
about one and a half miles we cross over to the other side of the burn and
carry on until Loch Callater Lodge comes into view, then a first glance of
Loch Callater itself comes into view. To keep yourself on
track, keep right of the Lodge and stick as close as you can to the
lochside as the path becomes sporadic and difficult to see at this stage.
Here the one foot wide path is soft, watery and boggy, so good watertight
hillwalking boots are essential. You are out in the country now,
boy.

Callater Burn |

Loch Callater
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At the end of the loch the valley opens out and to your
left Creag an Fhir shaighde is dominant, you are approaching
the start of Jock's Road here as you follow the stream Allt
an Loch, southwards. This walk can take you all the way to
Glen Clova but would take most of the day, I retuned to the
car park, which made this about an all round journey of around 9/10 miles
and took about 4 hours. A fine walk indeed.
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