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| Jasper at Loch Chon (click / tap to enlarge) |
A glorious sunny day yesterday and so off we went to Kinlochard for a walk up to Loch Chon (pronounced "con" by the way) and back. The area is within the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park and the wider Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. It was a lovely walk along forest tracks with plenty of little streams for the boys to cool off in along the way. The drive up to Kinlochard, along Loch Ard was glorious too!
Our walk was a there and back route of approx. 3 miles each way and as usual you'll find a map at the end of the article, along with details of parking at Kinlochard. A word of caution though: there is forestry work currently being undertaken along the west side of Loch Chon and there is a diversion in place. When we visited there was no activity and so we walked through the forest down to the loch, avoiding the area of their forestry operations and their diversion. Their diversion is 4 1/2 miles each way and you have to walk along the B829 road on the east side of the loch! I would recommend skipping this walk until they have finished the work. You can check the Loch Ard page on the Forestry and Land Scotland website to see if their work is still ongoing.
A reminder also that tick season is upon us and Jasper picked up his first little hitchhiker. Both dogs are treated for them and the tick was walking on his fur, so it was particularly easy to remove. Do take a tick removal kit with you on your travels though and check yourselves and your dogs for ticks at the end of these kind of walks.
Information in this article is current as of our last visit in April 2023. All images can be clicked / tapped to enlarge.
Here are the photo highlights.
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| A quick stop en route to capture a photo of some canoeists on Loch Ard (click / tap to enlarge) |
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| Jasper on the Statute Labour Road to Loch Chon |
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| Tommy crazily excited as usual! |
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| The view back towards Loch Ard |
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| Tommy in one of his elegant poses! |
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| Jasper the happy springador! |
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| The route climbs gradually most of the way and then drops down to Loch Chon |
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| Just before Loch Chon, we pass the small Loch Dhu |
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| Not too much further along and we are at the beautiful Loch Chon |
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| The undisputed highlight of the walk for Jasper! |
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| Jasper swimming out to retrieve a stick while Tommy has a little paddle! |
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| Tommy is very pleased with himself as he has found a stick too! |
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| A quick stop on the car journey back through Kinlochard, for another photo of Loch Ard |
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| Route map - part 1 of 2 (click / tap to enlarge) |
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| Route map - part 2 of 2 (click / tap to enlarge) |
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