We list below all updates that we know of, but we rely on route users to tell us of any further changes. If you can help the Rob Roy Way community in this way, please Contact us.
Diversion lifted: no more extra 5 miles/8 km Aberfoyle to Callander
From Wednesday 7 January until Thursday 22 January the Way between Aberfoyle and Callander was nearly 5 miles/8 km longer [...]
Temporary detour north of Aberfoyle
Felling operations north of Aberfoyle are being managed by FLS to minimise the impact on the Rob Roy Way, but [...]
Replacement bridge over the Allt a’ Mhangain
We are pleased to confirm that the unsafe bridge just north of Aberfoyle was replaced last month and the original [...]
Pitlochry arch and bench
We are pleased to report the installation of terminus markers in the Pitlochry Memorial Garden. Last week both the arch [...]
Completion Certificate
Download a completion certificate from this page, and know that you have contributed to the route’s waymarking thereby. The official [...]
Route out of Aberfoyle (updated 1 July and 7 Oct 2024)
Timber harvesting and extraction near Braeval was completed in late June and as of 1 July 2024 the main Way [...]
Malling Forest now open (March/April 2024): perhaps very boggy
We are delighted to report that felling has been completed and the National Park has finally lifted the closure and [...]
Malling Forest update Dec 2023/Jan 2024
Foresters are clearing the windblown trees in the problem section of Malling Forest: see earlier posts. We were told this [...]
Bridge closure north of Aberfoyle, Nov 2023
Forestry & Land Scotland has just closed the footbridge shown on the guidebook page 36, pending a report by a [...]
A guide to the Malling Forest detour, with map and photos
Having walked this section on 20 June, I'm reporting what I found and offering some guidance. If anybody walks this [...]
Clashmore diversion (June 29-July 13 or thereby)
Forestry & Land Scotland have just told us that the felling work in Loch Ard forest that had been scheduled [...]
Malling Forest route now open (7.6.23)
We are pleased to report that the Way has reopened through Malling Forest subject to three cautions: a) You are [...]
Route closure Aberfoyle to Callander (10 May – 7 June)
Sadly the serious disease Phytophthora ramorum (which affects 150 plant species including larch trees) has spread to Malling Forest, and [...]
Braeval forest felling (April 2023)
Braeval forest route back to normal as of 18 April: Forestry and Land Scotland had advised that felling work has [...]
Detour at Laggan, south of Strathyre
The map clip shows the area of a temporary closure on Cycle Route 7 beside Loch Lubnaig, south of Strathyre. [...]
Fallen trees
Fallen trees were partly blocking the route through Malling forest, just north of Aberfoyle. They are scheduled for removal later [...]
Route change at Aberfoyle
The National Park decided to reroute the Way so that (after a right-left dogleg at the Aberfoyle crossroads) it heads [...]
