Cache is located near the Dubhagan Water it is fordable!!!
Walking the Cateran Trail (64 miles/103 km)
A fully waymarked circular route beginning and ending in
Blairgowrie.
Little more than an hour north of Edinburgh, it boasts some of the
loveliest scenery in a corner of Perthshire that is relatively
unknown to walkers.
Signposts, stiles and bridges marked with the Trail logo and
direction arrows allow for easy route identification.
The Trail can be walked in one go - over 4 or 5 days - or in
stages. It follows old drove roads, ancient tracks and minor roads
and passes through farmland and forests.
Most of the Trail is suitable only for walkers due to the
terrain, many deer fences and ladder stiles. You are requested not
to take your dog(s) through fields where there are young
animals.
The Cateran Trail is managed by Perth and Kinross Countryside
Trust and would not exist without the permission and co-operation
of owners whose land it crosses.
The Caterans
The Caterans were marauding cattle thieves who flourished in the
more lawless regions of the Highlands from the Middle Ages until
the 17th century. More feared than wolves, cateran raiding parties
numbered anything from 50 to 500 fierce warriors.
Favouring dark nights, and often remarkably well informed about
their targets, they would descend on richer neighbours when they
were off guard. Weddings and other festivities often provided an
opportunity for a raid and many revellers would sober up to find
their folds empty and their cattle gone.
The caterans raided far and wide but the rich farmlands of Glen
Isla and Strathardle were particularly 'favoured'. By custom they
would return by a different way from which they came, using ancient
drove roads through remote glens.