Leaving Tigh Mor (pictured above) at 10am, all 13 of us drove a short way to the Loch Katrine car park (£5 for 4 hours), from where the Primrose Hill walk was recommended by those who had been there before. "Ideal for a wet day" they said. It was a wet day, so we set off briskly past the harbour from where the ferries were running despite the miserable weather.
We soon passed some luxury 'pods'. They didn't seem to be occupied.
Still on tarmac, but lacking any traffic, we soon came to the Glen Finglas waterworks.
A little further on we left the road to ascend the Primrose Hill path that climbs gently about 200 metres to the course of an old tramway at around 300 metres.
There were good views across Loch Katrine towards Ben Lomond, which was obscured by the mist and rain that had thankfully petered out in our vicinity.
There are several good viewpoints along the track through the forest and we paused at some of these to 'muster the troops'.
We passed high above the Brenachoile Lodge pier.
Eventually the waymarked path (the green route) led back down to the tarmac, where we waited for the backmarkers to catch up.
We soon came to the pier that we'd already passed high above, and this proved to be a good spot for elevenses.
There was very little by way of flora and fauna to admire today, although a large animal with diarrhoea had recently passed this way, but we did observe robins and a dipper. Sue also found some Membranous Pelt Lichen to add to her long list of 'already seens'.
Signs along the way, attached to newish railings where sidestreams cross the road, indicate that this is a popular place 'in the season'.
Back at the waterworks, some of us climbed up to the impressive weir.
Then we wandered back to the car park and paid a visit to a viewpoint platform that was installed in 2024.
After that it was back to Tigh Mor to finish our lunches.
Here's today's route - 12km with 350 metres ascent, taking 3.5 hours.
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