National Cycle Network Route 7 Drymen Gartmore Aberfoyle Callander Guide
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Part of a series covering cycling in the highlands of Scotland - Sustrans National Cycle Network Route 7 Lochs and Glens North (Glasgow - Inverness). Watch for new sections as they get added. The routes are all done as return trips so you can see the conditions and scenery in both directions and are intended to give you a feel for the route, gradient and surface - as well as showcasing the beautiful scenery.
Drymen to Callander via Aberfoyle. Total distance return trip 48miles. Overlaps with the Rob Roy way. Shot on 9 May 2015, but since I forgot to charge the gopro that day, theres also footage from a second run on 5 March 2016.
It’s very much a route of two halves and crosses the highland boundary fault which runs south west, north east. It’s a very scenic run but with two big hills - one right out of Drymen from 55m to 216m over 2 miles, then down to 30m or so before climbing up one of the HBF folds into Gartmore where we reach 85m before dropping down to the river forth and Aberfoyle at about 20m … then the big hill up through the Achray forest, reaching 260m before heading down past Loch Drunkie to Loch Venachar for a reasonably flat 90m nice lochside run into Callendar.
It’s mainly quiet single track road from Drymen to Aberfoyle (potholes though) with a short section of ex-railway cycle track followed by very rough forest track and then smoother track alongside Loch Venachar with some quiet(ish) road into Callander to finish.
Cycled with a Specialized Tricross with 32c Marathon Plus tyres - a bit narrow for the rougher parts of the forest sections where gradient and freshly laid big loose stones made for zero grip both up and down. An MTB would have given a much safer and faster result.
GoPro Hero 4 Silver, 1080 wide, protune, gopro colour -0.5 ev to retain the skies using the Grad Filter effect in • Grad Filter Effect Tut...
Additional material Lumix TZ30 set at -2/3 ev
Edited with Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13. No stabilisation (it cuts the field of view). Unfortunately this is resulting in some UA-cam compression artifacts after upload. I tried a chest mount for the first time on this run, but it gave a poor result with arms in the way of the view and a lot of clothing noise and no easy way to control direction so for the March rerun I went back to the headmount.
Royalty-free music by Underwaterbeats
GPS and mapping by Runtastic
Look out for the Gartchonzie bridge on the left heading north a couple of miles short of Callander. In high summer it is covered in blue flowers (fairy foxgloves) with an amazing aroma
done it went loch Katrine all other Lochs back to Drymen best ride ever ORANGE CLOCKWORK rest in peace
Did this route today, great route and some big climbs. Stunning views. Really good to be able to check the route here first. Thanks again
You are very welcome. You got a great day for it. It certainly is a big climbing stage .. easily the biggest stage of this series.
I was on an Ebike so not too bad, I only have one leg so still a decent work out
great video looking to do this in may and camp out up loch venicher, your video really helps thought it would be busier than this, il be cycling from balloch though as il be getting train there :)
Thanks - Do check out the balloch drymen video too. It's just a short extra stretch, about 10 miles but great views back to the gargunnock hills and over to Loch lomond.
@@SartorialPictures already did very nice sunset at the end.. you just earned a new subscriber lol :)
Hey mate
I've been looking at doing Glasgow to Inverness but with a road bike - reckon its worth going on the north side of Loch Venachar on the A821 from Aberfoyle to Callander? Or is that road super busy?
Cheers! The vids are great for helping me plan
Glad the videos help. The aberfoyle/callander road isn't toooo bad for traffic. There are badged ncn routes (like 7 south of carrbridge) that are worse in my opinion. It's hilly on the dukes pass of course ... but easier and lower than going through the forest. Its a favourite for motorbikers I think.
Did this last week- very hard for us there and back 😰
It's tough, no doubt. Toughest stage on the route by far. A Ben Nevis amount of climbing and pretty rough too.
@@SartorialPictures Yes. I like your videos as you give information on surfaces etc which really helps when using a road bike
Brilliant video. Do you think a road bike with 35mm tyres would be ok on that route?
Thank you. I did it on a cyclecross bike with 32mm tyres. The cross bike is a bit tougher than a genuine road bike but not hugely so. Main issue was grip on the newly laid surface plus general lumpiness, roots, branches. That was 2015/2016. Should be fine but be prepared for a little pushing. Potholes on the road section were tough too so watch speed and keep eyes open :-)
@@SartorialPictures thank you.👍
how long did it take you to cycle from drymen to aberfoyle?
Tom strang on checking the gps trail from that day ... between 45 and 50 minutes
alright thats not too bad, thanks!
These are great guides, but the music is truly awful repeating itself over and over.
Thanks for the kind comments. As for the music, what can I say, it was free. If I ever get round to editing the final episode, it will be better, I promise. (BTW its kinda strange noone mentioned the music on any of these for the first 6 years, and suddenly there's a lot of music criticism. Tastes change I suppose). 😉
@@SartorialPictures I guess so. Great videos though and they're giving me a lot of inspiration to come and do these rides when I'm collecting British Cycle Quests. Keep up the good work.
I did this just two weeks ago, but North to South. Thanks for these videos. I watched them all before going and they really helped planning.